By: Menéndez S.B. No. 232               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to providing for voter registration at a polling place          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 12.007 to read as follows:          Sec. 12.007.  CERTAIN ELECTION OFFICERS ARE VOTER   REGISTRARS. An election officer serving a polling place for early   voting by personal appearance is a deputy voter registrar and has   the same authority as a regular deputy registrar.          SECTION 2.  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 [seventh] day after the date of an election.          SECTION 3.  Section 65.054, Election Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as   follows:          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [A]   provisional ballot may be accepted only if the board determines   that, from the information in the affidavit or contained in public   records, the person is eligible to vote in the election and has not   previously voted in that election.          (b-1)  A provisional ballot cast under Section 85.0312 shall   be accepted if the voter registrar determines the applicant is   eligible for registration under Section 85.0312(d).          SECTION 4.  Section 67.003, Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 67.003.  TIME FOR LOCAL CANVASS. (a) Except as   provided by Subsection (b), each local canvassing authority shall   convene to conduct the local canvass at the time set by the   canvassing authority's presiding officer not earlier than the 11th   [eighth] day or later than the 14th [11th] day after election day.          (b)  For an election held on the uniform election date in   May, the local canvass must occur not later than the 14th [11th] day   after election day and not earlier than the later of:                (1)  the third day after election day;                (2)  the date on which the early voting ballot board has   verified and counted all provisional ballots, if a provisional   ballot has been cast in the election; or                (3)  the date on which all timely received ballots cast   from addresses outside of the United States are counted, if a ballot   to be voted by mail in the election was provided to a person outside   of the United States.          SECTION 5.  Subchapter B, Chapter 85, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 85.0312 to read as follows:          Sec. 85.0312.  REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE DURING EARLY   VOTING WITH PRESENTATION OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. (a) A person who   would be eligible to vote in an election under Section 11.001, but   for the requirement to be a registered voter, shall be accepted   during early voting by personal appearance for voting the ballot   for the precinct of the person's residence as shown by the   identification presented if, on the day the person offers to vote,   the person:                (1)  submits a voter registration application that   complies with Section 13.002 to an election officer at the polling   place; and                (2)  presents as proof of residence a photo   identification under Section 63.0101(a) that states the person's   current address on the day the person seeks to vote.          (b)  The election officer shall return the original proof of   residence to the voter.          (c)  A person voting under this section shall vote a   provisional ballot in the manner provided by Section 63.011 except   that the person is not required to submit the affidavit under   Section 63.011(a).          (d)  For each registration corresponding to a ballot cast   under this section, the voter registrar shall review the   application and determine whether the applicant is eligible for   registration as provided by Subchapter C, Chapter 13. The   registrar shall inform the early voting ballot board of a   determination made under this subsection. A registration approved   under this subsection takes effect on the date the vote was cast.          (e)  The secretary of state may by rule:                (1)  designate additional documents that a person may   offer to prove the person's residence to register and vote under   this section; and                (2)  prescribe procedures to implement this section.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.