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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requests for a list of annual vote-by-mail voters. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 86.014, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) The early voting clerk shall, on written request, |
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provide a list of all voters: |
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(1) whom the early voting clerk provided with a ballot |
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to be voted by mail in the most recent election; and |
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(2) to whom the early voting clerk is required, as of |
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the date of the request, to send a ballot to be voted by mail in the |
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next election because those voters are eligible to receive mail |
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ballots for more than one election under Section 86.0015. |
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(d) With respect to a particular election, a person may make |
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a request under Subsection (c): |
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(1) not earlier than the date the final canvass of the |
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general election is completed, or if there is a runoff in the |
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election, the date the final canvass of the runoff election is |
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completed; and |
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(2) not later than the 60th day before the next |
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election occurring in the territory served by the early voting |
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clerk. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |