HB1032 - Relating to voting a limited ballot following the change of the county of residence by a voter.

  89R3564 TSS-D     By: Zwiener H.B. No. 1032       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to voting a limited ballot following the change of the   county of residence by a voter.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 112.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  After changing residence to another county, a person is   eligible to vote a limited ballot on election day, by personal   appearance during the early voting period , or by mail if:                (1)  the person would have been eligible to vote in the   county of former residence on election day if still residing in that   county;                (2)  the person is registered to vote in the county of   former residence at the time the person:                      (A)  offers to vote in the county of new   residence; or                      (B)  submitted a voter registration application   in the county of new residence; and                (3)  a voter registration for the person in the county   of new residence is not effective on or before election day.          (d)  A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be   submitted:                (1)  to an election officer at the [ main early voting ]   polling place, if the person is voting by personal appearance; or                (2)  with the person's application for a ballot to be   voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail.          SECTION 2.  Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 112.006.  PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE.  A   person may vote a limited ballot by personal appearance :                 (1)  at any early voting polling place; or                 (2)     on election day, at a countywide polling place or   the polling place located in the precinct of the new residence of   the voter [ only at the main early voting polling place ].          SECTION 3.  Sections 112.008 and 112.009, Election Code, are   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 112.008.  DETERMINING OFFICES AND MEASURES TO BE VOTED   ON.  For each person who is to vote a limited ballot, the election   officer [ early voting clerk ] shall determine the offices and   propositions stating measures on which the person is entitled to   vote and shall indicate them on the person's application.          Sec. 112.009.  PREPARING VOTING MACHINE.  Before permitting   a person to vote a limited ballot on a voting machine, the election   officer [ early voting clerk ] shall adjust the machine so that votes   may be cast only on the offices and propositions stating measures on   which the voter is entitled to vote.          SECTION 4.  Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  If early voting by personal appearance is conducted by   voting machine, the election officer [ early voting clerk ] may   conduct the personal appearance voting of limited ballots by using   official ballots for early voting by mail.          SECTION 5.  Section 112.011(b), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  The information must include the data necessary to   enable an election officer [ early voting clerk ] to determine the   district offices on which a voter under this chapter is eligible to   vote.          SECTION 6.  Section 112.012, Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 112.012.  NOTIFICATION TO VOTER REGISTRAR.  Not later   than the 30th day after receipt of an application for a limited   ballot, the county [ early voting ] clerk shall notify the voter   registrar for the voter's former county of residence that the voter   has applied for a limited ballot.          SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.