TITLE: Relating to a study on the feasibility of electronic voter registration and applications for a ballot to be voted by mail for overseas military personnel.

SUMMARY: Relating to a study on the feasibility of electronic voter registration and applications for a ballot to be voted by mail for overseas military personnel.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a study on the feasibility of electronic voter registration and applications for a ballot to be voted by mail for overseas military personnel. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 101, Election Code, is amended by adding Subchapter Dto read as follows: SUBCHAPTER D. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR OVERSEAS MILITARY PERSONNEL Sec. 101.151. FEASIBILITY STUDY OF ONLINE PROCESSES FOR OVERSEAS MILITARY PERSONNEL. (a) The secretary of state shall conduct a study to consider the feasibility of creating an entirely electronic process for a person eligible for early voting by mail under Section 101.001(2)(A) or (B) to: (1) register to vote; and (2) request an early voting ballot to be voted by mail. (b) The study must examine what assistance the secretary of state could provide to counties to facilitate implementation of the processes described by Subsection (a). Sec. 101.152. EXPIRATION. This subchapter expires September 1, 2019. 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.