Bill Text: TX HB4190 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to voting a limited ballot following the change of the county of residence by a voter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Elections [HB4190 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4190-Introduced.html

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88R9125 TSS-D
By: Zwiener H.B. No. 4190

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to voting a limited ballot following the change of the
county of residence by a voter.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 112.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) After changing residence to another county, a person is
eligible to vote a limited ballot on election day, by personal
appearance during the early voting period, or by mail if:
(1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the
county of former residence on election day if still residing in that
county;
(2) the person is registered to vote in the county of
former residence at the time the person:
(A) offers to vote in the county of new
residence; or
(B) submitted a voter registration application
in the county of new residence; and
(3) a voter registration for the person in the county
of new residence is not effective on or before election day.
(d) A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be
submitted:
(1) to an election officer at the [main early voting]
polling place, if the person is voting by personal appearance; or
(2) with the person's application for a ballot to be
voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail.
SECTION 2. Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 112.006. PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE. A
person may vote a limited ballot by personal appearance:
(1) at any early voting polling place; or
(2) on election day, at a countywide polling place or
the polling place located in the precinct of the new residence of
the voter [only at the main early voting polling place].
SECTION 3. Sections 112.008 and 112.009, Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 112.008. DETERMINING OFFICES AND MEASURES TO BE VOTED
ON. For each person who is to vote a limited ballot, the election
officer [early voting clerk] shall determine the offices and
propositions stating measures on which the person is entitled to
vote and shall indicate them on the person's application.
Sec. 112.009. PREPARING VOTING MACHINE. Before permitting
a person to vote a limited ballot on a voting machine, the election
officer [early voting clerk] shall adjust the machine so that votes
may be cast only on the offices and propositions stating measures on
which the voter is entitled to vote.
SECTION 4. Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) If early voting by personal appearance is conducted by
voting machine, the election officer [early voting clerk] may
conduct the personal appearance voting of limited ballots by using
official ballots for early voting by mail.
SECTION 5. Section 112.011(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The information must include the data necessary to
enable an election officer [early voting clerk] to determine the
district offices on which a voter under this chapter is eligible to
vote.
SECTION 6. Section 112.012, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 112.012. NOTIFICATION TO VOTER REGISTRAR. Not later
than the 30th day after receipt of an application for a limited
ballot, the county [early voting] clerk shall notify the voter
registrar for the voter's former county of residence that the voter
has applied for a limited ballot.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.