Bill Text: TX SB167 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place during early voting by personal appearance and related procedures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to State Affairs [SB167 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB167-Introduced.html
| 85R1966 ADM-D | ||
| By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 167 | |
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| relating to the registration of voters at a polling place during | ||
| early voting by personal appearance 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. Section 65.054, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (b-1) A provisional ballot cast under Section 85.0312 shall | ||
| be accepted if the voter registrar determines the applicant is | ||
| eligible for registration under Section 85.0312(d). | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 85, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 85.0312 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 85.0312. REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE DURING EARLY | ||
| VOTING. (a) 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 during early voting by personal appearance | ||
| for voting the ballot for the precinct of the person's residence as | ||
| shown by the identification presented if, on the day the person | ||
| offers to vote, the person: | ||
| (1) submits a voter registration application that | ||
| complies with Section 13.002 to an election officer at the polling | ||
| place; and | ||
| (2) presents as proof of residence: | ||
| (A) a Texas driver's license, including a | ||
| temporary license or instruction permit, or personal | ||
| identification card issued to the person by the Department of | ||
| Public Safety that states the person's current address on the day | ||
| the person seeks to vote; or | ||
| (B) a utility bill addressed to the person dated | ||
| not earlier than the 30th day before the date the person seeks to | ||
| vote, and: | ||
| (i) a driver's license or personal | ||
| identification card issued to the person by the Department of | ||
| Public Safety that has not expired or that expired no earlier than | ||
| 60 days before the date of presentation; | ||
| (ii) a United States military | ||
| identification card that contains the person's photograph that has | ||
| not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date | ||
| of presentation; | ||
| (iii) a United States citizenship | ||
| certificate issued to the person that contains the person's | ||
| photograph; | ||
| (iv) a United States passport issued to the | ||
| person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days | ||
| before the date of presentation; | ||
| (v) a license to carry a handgun issued to | ||
| the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired | ||
| or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of | ||
| presentation; or | ||
| (vi) a student identification card issued | ||
| by a public or private institution of higher education located in | ||
| this state that contains the person's photograph. | ||
| (b) The election officer shall make a copy of the proof of | ||
| residence submitted under Subsection (a)(2) and attach it to the | ||
| registration application. The election officer shall return the | ||
| original proof of residence to the voter. | ||
| (c) A person voting under this section shall vote a | ||
| provisional ballot in the manner provided by Section 63.011 except | ||
| that the person is not required to submit the affidavit under | ||
| Section 63.011(a). | ||
| (d) For each registration corresponding to a ballot cast | ||
| under this section, the voter registrar shall review the | ||
| application and copy of the proof of residence and determine | ||
| whether the applicant is eligible for registration as provided by | ||
| Subchapter C, Chapter 13. The registrar shall inform the early | ||
| voting ballot board of a determination made under this subsection. | ||
| A registration approved under this subsection takes effect on the | ||
| date the vote was cast. | ||
| (e) The secretary of state may by rule: | ||
| (1) designate additional documents that a person may | ||
| offer to prove the person's residence to register and vote under | ||
| this section; and | ||
| (2) prescribe procedures to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
