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CHAPTER 112. VOTING LIMITED BALLOT AFTER CHANGING COUNTY OF 
RESIDENCE


	§ 112.001.  LIMITED BALLOT.  In this code, "limited 
ballot" means a ballot voted under this chapter that is restricted 
to the offices and propositions stating measures on which a person 
is entitled to vote under Section 112.004.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.


	§ 112.002.  ELIGIBILITY.  (a)  After changing residence 
to another county, a person is eligible to vote a limited ballot by 
personal appearance during the early voting period or by mail if:
		(1)  the person would have been eligible to vote in the 
county of former residence on election day if still residing in that 
county;  and
		(2)  a voter registration for the person in the county 
of new residence is not effective on or before election day.
	(b)  A person is not eligible to vote a limited ballot by mail 
unless, in addition to satisfying the eligibility requirements 
prescribed by Subsection (a), the person is eligible for early 
voting by mail under Chapter 82.
	(c)  Before being accepted for voting under this chapter, the 
voter must execute a statement including:
		(1)  a statement that the voter satisfies the 
applicable requirements prescribed by Subsection (a);
		(2)  the voter's residence address or, if the residence 
has no address, the address at which the voter receives mail and a 
concise description of the voter's residence;
		(3)  the month, day, and year of the voter's birth;  and                      
		(4)  the date the statement is executed.                                      
	(d)  A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be 
submitted:           
		(1)  to an election officer at the main early voting 
polling place, if the person is voting by personal appearance;  or
		(2)  with the person's application for a ballot to be 
voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1316, 
§ 33, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.


	§ 112.003.  RESIDENCE IN PRECINCT SITUATED IN MORE THAN 
ONE COUNTY.  A person who changes county of residence may vote in 
the regular manner in an election ordered by an authority of a 
political subdivision situated in more than one county if the 
person resides in the same election precinct both before and after 
changing county of residence and the person's voter registration in 
the county of former residence is effective at the time the person 
offers to vote.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.


	§ 112.004.  OFFICES AND MEASURES ON WHICH VOTER ENTITLED 
TO VOTE.  A person voting a limited ballot is entitled to vote only 
on:
		(1)  each office and proposition stating a measure to 
be voted on statewide;  and
		(2)  each office and proposition stating a measure to 
be voted on in a territorial unit of which the person was a resident 
both before changing county of residence and after the change.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.


	§ 112.005.  SUBMITTING APPLICATION FOR MAIL BALLOT.  An 
application for a limited ballot to be voted by mail must be 
submitted to the early voting clerk serving the election precinct 
in which the applicant resides.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.


	§ 112.006.  PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE.  A 
person may vote a limited ballot by personal appearance only at the 
main early voting polling place.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1350, 
§ 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1381, § 24, 
eff. Sept. 1, 1997.


	§ 112.007.  VERIFYING REGISTRATION STATUS OF APPLICANT 
FOR BALLOT.  Before accepting an applicant to vote a limited ballot 
or, in the case of an application for a limited ballot to be voted by 
mail, before providing a ballot to the applicant, the early voting 
clerk shall verify, if possible, that the applicant does not have an 
effective voter registration in the county of new residence.  If the 
person has applied in the county of new residence for a voter 
registration that will be effective on or before election day, the 
limited ballot application shall be rejected.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.


	§ 112.008.  DETERMINING OFFICES AND MEASURES TO BE VOTED 
ON.  For each person who is to vote a limited ballot, the early 
voting clerk shall determine the offices and propositions stating 
measures on which the person is entitled to vote and shall indicate 
them on the person's application.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.


	§ 112.009.  PREPARING VOTING MACHINE.  Before permitting 
a person to vote a limited ballot on a voting machine, the early 
voting clerk shall adjust the machine so that votes may be cast only 
on the offices and propositions stating measures on which the voter 
is entitled to vote.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.


	§ 112.010.  SUBSTITUTING MAIL BALLOTS FOR VOTING 
MACHINE.  (a)  If early voting by personal appearance is conducted 
by voting machine, the early voting clerk may conduct the personal 
appearance voting of limited ballots by using official ballots for 
early voting by mail.
	(b)  The secretary of state may provide for the use of 
envelopes or other containers instead of ballot boxes for voters to 
deposit ballots voted under this section.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.


	§ 112.011.  INFORMATION ON DISTRICT 
COMPOSITION.  (a)  In each even-numbered year, the secretary of 
state shall prepare information on the territorial composition of 
each district for which an officer of the state government is 
regularly elected at the general election for state and county 
officers.
	(b)  The information must include the data necessary to 
enable an early voting clerk to determine the district offices on 
which a voter under this chapter is eligible to vote.
	(c)  The secretary shall deliver the information to each 
county clerk before the 20th day before general primary election 
day.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by 
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 
554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.


	§ 112.012.  NOTIFICATION TO VOTER REGISTRAR.  Not later 
than the 30th day after receipt of an application for a limited 
ballot, the early voting clerk shall notify the voter registrar for 
the voter's former county of residence that the voter has applied 
for a limited ballot.

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, § 2.29;  Acts 1991, 
72nd Leg., ch. 554, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.