TITLE: Relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically.

SUMMARY: Relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 105.004(b), (c), (d), and (e), Election Code, are amended to read as follows: (b) The secretary of state shall select to participate in the program a number of counties as determined by the secretary of state [one county] that: (1) desire [desires] to participate in the program; and (2) are [is] determined by the secretary of state to have the appropriate technological capabilities. (c) The secretary of state shall operate the program established under Subsection (a) as a pilot program until September 1, 2017 [2015].(d) Not later than January 1, 2017 [2015],the secretary of state shall file a report with the legislature. The report may include the secretary of state's recommendations on the future use of e-mail ballot submission by members of the armed forces of the United States and suggestions for permanent statutory authority regarding e-mail ballot submission by members of the armed forces of the United States. (e) This section expires September 1, 2017 [2015].SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.