ELECTION CODE

CHAPTER 106. VOTING ON ELECTION DAY BY PERSON ON SPACE FLIGHT


	§ 106.001.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to 
a person who:    
		(1)  is eligible to vote in this state;  and                                  
		(2)  is unable to vote in an election because the person 
is on a space flight, as defined by the secretary of state, on 
election day and during the early voting period for the election.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 842, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Election Code § 105.001 by Acts 1999, 
76th Leg., ch. 62, § 19.01(16), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.


	§ 106.002.  VOTING PERMITTED.  The secretary of state 
shall prescribe procedures for voting from space on election day by 
secure electronic means by persons to whom this chapter applies.  
The procedures may provide for:
		(1)  a deadline by which a person must apply to vote 
under this chapter;  and
		(2)  the use of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration's electronic transmission program to send ballots 
to persons on a space flight.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 842, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Election Code § 105.002 by Acts 1999, 
76th Leg., ch. 62, § 19.01(16), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.