87S10285 SMT-F     By: Reynolds H.B. No. 40       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 with   an unexpired driver's license or personal identification card   issued in this state to complete a voter registration application   over the Internet from a secure Internet website.          (b)  The Internet website established under this section   must allow a person to submit:                (1)  an initial application for registration; and                 (2)  an application to update a voter registration   record.           (c)  When a person submits an application under this section,   the secretary of state shall compare the information provided by   the applicant against the Department of Public Safety records.          (d)  The completed online application and information from   the Department of Public Safety, including the applicant's digital   signature, shall be provided to:                (1)  the county voter registration office for the   county where the applicant currently resides; and                (2)  the secretary of state for the statewide   computerized voter registration list under Section 18.061.          (e)  An application electronically submitted under this   section is considered for all purposes as an application submitted   by mail under this title.  A digital signature given as provided by   secretary of state rule meets the signature requirement under   Section 13.002(b).           (f)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to   implement this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the   last day of the legislative session.