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  89R1945 MPF-D     By: Cole H.B. No. 1854       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the deadline for an early voting ballot board to   determine whether to accept voters' ballots.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 65.051(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  The early voting ballot board shall verify and count   provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than   the 10th [ ninth ] day after the date of an election.          SECTION 2.  Section 87.041, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:           (h)     The early voting ballot board shall determine whether to   accept mail ballots as provided by this section not later than the   10th day after the date of an election.          SECTION 3.  Section 87.0431(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  Not later than the 10th day after the local canvass   [ election day ], the presiding judge of the early voting ballot   board shall deliver written notice of the reason for the rejection   of a ballot to the voter at the residence address on the ballot   application. If the ballot was transmitted to the voter by e-mail   under Subchapter C, Chapter 101, the presiding judge shall also   provide the notice to the e-mail address to which the ballot was   sent.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.