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AN ACT
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relating to the elections for which federal postcard applicant |
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voters may be sent ballots by e-mail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 101.104, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 101.104. ELECTIONS COVERED. Balloting [The e-mail
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transmission of balloting] materials may be sent by e-mail under |
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this subchapter for any election in which the voter who registers |
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under this chapter is eligible to vote [is limited to:
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[(1)
an election in which an office of the federal
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government appears on the ballot, including a primary election;
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[(2)
an election to fill a vacancy in the legislature
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unless:
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[(A)
the election is ordered as an emergency
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election under Section 41.0011; or
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[(B)
the election is held as an expedited
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election under Section 203.013; or
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[(3)
an election held jointly with an election
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described by Subdivision (1) or (2)]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2778 was passed by the House on May 7, |
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2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2778 was passed by the Senate on May |
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23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |