TITLE: Relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place.

SUMMARY: Relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 15.022(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The registrar shall make the appropriate corrections in the registration records, including, if necessary, deleting a voter's name from the suspense list: (1) after receipt of a notice of a change in registration information under Section 15.021; (2) after receipt of a voter's reply to a notice of investigation given under Section 16.033; (3) [after receipt of any affidavits executed under Section 63.006, following an election; [(4)] after receipt of a voter's statement of residence executed under Section 63.0011; (4) [(5)] before the effective date of the abolishment of a county election precinct or a change in its boundary; (5) [(6)] after receipt of United States Postal Service information indicating an address reclassification; (6) [(7)] after receipt of a voter's response under Section 15.053; or (7) [(8)] after receipt of a registration application or change of address under Chapter 20. SECTION 2. Section 63.006, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 63.006. VOTER [WITH REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION] WHO IS NOT ON LIST. (a) A voter who, when offering to vote, presents the documentation required under Section 63.001(b) but whose name is not on the precinct list of registered voters may [shall] be accepted for provisional voting only under Section 63.011 [if the voter also presents a voter registration certificate indicating that the voter is currently registered: [(1) in the precinct in which the voter is offering to vote; or [(2) in a different precinct in the same county as the precinct in which the voter is offering to vote and the voter executes an affidavit stating that the voter: [(A) is a resident of the precinct in which the voter is offering to vote or is otherwise entitled by law to vote in that precinct; [(B) was a resident of the precinct in which the voter is offering to vote at the time the information on the voter's residence address was last provided to the voter registrar; [(C) did not deliberately provide false information to secure registration in a precinct in which the voter does not reside; and [(D) is voting only once in the election].(b) For a [After the] voter to whom this section applies [is accepted],an election officer shall attempt to verify with the voter registrar that the voter is a registered voter [: [(1) indicate beside the voter's name on the poll list that the voter was accepted under this section; and [(2) enter the voter's name on the registration omissions list].SECTION 3. Section 63.011(a), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) A person to whom Section 63.001(g) or 63.006 [63.009] applies may cast a provisional ballot if the person executes an affidavit stating that the person: (1) is a registered voter in the precinct in which the person seeks to vote; and (2) is eligible to vote in the election. SECTION 4. Section 66.0241, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 66.0241. CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 4. Envelope no. 4 must contain: (1) the precinct list of registered voters; (2) the registration correction list; (3) any statements of residence executed under Section 63.0011; and (4) any affidavits executed under Section [63.006 or] 63.011. SECTION 5. Section 63.009, Election Code, is repealed. SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.