HB2619 - Relating to electronic voter registration.

  89R2911 LRM-D     By: Anchía H.B. No. 2619       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to electronic voter registration.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows:           Sec.   13.009.     ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) The   secretary of state shall implement a program to allow a person to   complete a voter registration application over the Internet from   the official state Internet website. The secretary of state and the   Department of Public Safety Internet websites must provide a link   to the application on the official state Internet website.           (b)     An applicant for electronic voter registration who has a   state-issued driver's license or personal identification card,   regardless of whether the license or card is unexpired, must:                 (1)     attest to the truth of the information on the   application by affirmatively accepting the information as true; and                 (2)     affirmatively consent to the use of the signature   on the applicant's driver's license or personal identification card   for voter registration purposes.           (c)     An applicant for electronic voter registration who does   not have a state-issued driver's license or personal identification   card must:                 (1)     attest to the truth of the information on the   application by affirmatively accepting the information as true; and                 (2)     print a registration application from the Internet   website the applicant is using to register, sign the application,   and mail it to the registrar.           (d)     For each application submitted under Subsection (b),   the program must require that a digital copy of the applicant's   signature be obtained from the Department of Public Safety.           (e)     For each application submitted under Subsection (c),   the program must provide the applicant with:                 (1)     a registration application that the applicant can   print from the registration website, sign, and mail to the   registrar as required under Subsection (c)(2); and                 (2)     information about how the applicant can obtain a   driver's license or personal identification card from the   Department of Public Safety.           (f)     An application submitted under this section is   considered for all purposes an application submitted by mail under   this title.           (g)     The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to   implement this section, including rules to provide for security   measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of applications   submitted electronically.           (h)     The rules adopted under Subsection (g) must require   that:                 (1)     the Internet website through which a person may   complete a voter registration application include a description of   the offense described by Section 13.007 in a conspicuous location   on the website near the place where the person begins or submits the   application; and                 (2)     the state electronic Internet portal project is   used to authenticate the identity of a person who submits an   application electronically under this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.