Bill Text: TX HB955 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and related procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Elections [HB955 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB955-Introduced.html
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| By: Rodriguez of Bexar | H.B. No. 955 | |
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| relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and | ||
| related procedures. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 12.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 12.007. CERTAIN ELECTION OFFICERS ARE VOTER | ||
| REGISTRARS. An election officer serving a polling place for early | ||
| voting by personal appearance is a deputy voter registrar and has | ||
| the same authority as a regular deputy registrar. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 63.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 63.010. REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE; VOTING | ||
| PROCEDURES. (a) This section applies to the conduct of voting and | ||
| to the registration of voters notwithstanding and in addition to | ||
| other applicable provisions of this code. | ||
| (b) A person who would be eligible to vote in an election | ||
| under Section 11.001, but for the requirement to be a registered | ||
| voter, shall be accepted for voting in the precinct of the person's | ||
| residence if, on the day the person offers to vote, the person: | ||
| (1) submits a voter registration application that | ||
| complies with Section 13.002; | ||
| (2) presents the proof of identification required by | ||
| Section 63.001 and, if that identification does not establish the | ||
| person's residence, one of the following forms of identification: | ||
| (A) a driver's license, license to carry a | ||
| concealed handgun, or personal identification card issued to the | ||
| person by the Department of Public Safety, regardless of whether | ||
| the license or card has expired; | ||
| (B) official mail addressed to the person by name | ||
| from a governmental entity; | ||
| (C) a copy of a current utility bill, bank | ||
| statement, government check, paycheck, or other government | ||
| document that shows the name and address of the voter; or | ||
| (D) any other form of identification prescribed | ||
| by the secretary of state that establishes the person's residence; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) completes and signs a voter registration | ||
| affidavit, in a form prescribed by the secretary of state, that | ||
| contains the following oath: | ||
| I, ____________, HEREBY CERTIFY UNDER PENALTY OF | ||
| PERJURY THAT, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, I HAVE NOT, | ||
| NOR WILL I, CAST MORE THAN ONE BALLOT IN THIS ELECTION. | ||
| (c) Persons voting under this section shall be processed | ||
| separately at the polling place from persons who are voting under | ||
| regular procedures. | ||
| (d) The secretary of state shall prescribe the procedures | ||
| necessary to implement this section and to ensure the proper and | ||
| orderly conduct of elections. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
