85R2796 GRM-D     By: Alvarado H.B. No. 80       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 who   has an unexpired driver's license or personal identification card   issued in this state to complete a voter registration application   over the Internet from the official website of this state.  The   websites of the secretary of state and the Department of Public   Safety must also provide a link to the location of the application   on the official website of this state.          (b)  An applicant for electronic voter registration must:                (1)  attest to the truth of the information provided on   the application by affirmatively accepting the information as true;                (2)  affirmatively consent to the use of the signature   on the applicant's driver's license or personal identification card   for voter registration purposes;                (3)  provide the information required under Section   13.002(c); and                (4)  provide the audit number and date of issuance of   the applicant's Texas driver's license or personal identification   card issued by the Department of Public Safety.          (c)  For each application the program shall:                (1)  require that a digital copy of the applicant's   signature be obtained from the Department of Public Safety; and                (2)  compare the information provided by the applicant   against Department of Public Safety records.          (d)  If the information submitted by an applicant does not   match Department of Public Safety records, the program shall:                (1)  notify the applicant that the application cannot   be processed electronically; and                (2)  advise the applicant to print an application and   submit it to the voter registrar of the county in which the   applicant resides by mail or personal delivery.          (e)  If the information submitted by an applicant matches   Department of Public Safety records, the program shall forward the   application to the registrar of the county in which the applicant   states that the applicant resides.          (f)  On receipt of an application under Subsection (e), the   registrar shall review the application in accordance with Section   13.071.          (g)  An application electronically submitted under this   section is considered for all purposes as an application submitted   by mail under this title.          (h)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to   implement this section, including rules to provide for additional   security measures necessary to ensure the accuracy and integrity of   applications submitted electronically.          (i)  The rules adopted under Subsection (h) 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 be   used to authenticate the identity of a person who submits an   application electronically under this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.