Bill Text: TX SB1947 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to action by the early voting clerk on receipt of a ballot voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1947 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1947-Introduced.html
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By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1947 |
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relating to action by the early voting clerk on receipt of a ballot | ||
voted by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 86.011(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) If the return is timely, the clerk shall enter the time | ||
and date of receipt on the carrier envelope and enclose the carrier | ||
envelope and the voter's early voting ballot application in a | ||
jacket envelope. The clerk shall also include in the jacket | ||
envelope: | ||
(1) a copy of the voter's federal postcard application | ||
if the ballot is voted under Chapter 101; and | ||
(2) the signature cover sheet, if the ballot is voted | ||
under Chapter 105. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |