TITLE: Relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot for any election in which the applicant is eligible to vote.

SUMMARY: Relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot for any election in which the applicant is eligible to vote.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to providing a federal postcard applicant with a ballot for any election in which the applicant is eligible to vote. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 101.054, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: (a) A person may apply with a single federal postcard application for a ballot for any one or more elections in which the person is eligible to vote [the early voting clerk to whom the application is submitted conducts early voting].(b) An application that does not identify the election for which a ballot is requested shall be treated as if it requests a ballot for: (1) each general or special election held within one year after the date the application is received in which the person is eligible to vote [in which the clerk conducts early voting];and (2) the general primary election if the application indicates party preference and is received within one year before the date of the general primary election [submitted to the early voting clerk for the primary].(b-1) If an application under Subsection (b) indicates the person is eligible to vote in an election in which the early voting clerk who received the application does not conduct early voting, the clerk shall forward a copy of the application in a form prescribed by the secretary of state to each early voting clerk who conducts early voting for an election in which the person is eligible to vote. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.