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Senate passes bill clarifying voter address rules, removes prior amendment
Summary
The Texas Senate on Aug. 27 passed Senate Bill 54 to clarify procedures for accepting voter registrations that include a non-current residential address and to specify when a change-of-address notice makes a registration immediately effective.
The Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 54 on Aug. 27 to clarify election procedures for voters who move within a county and to remove an earlier amendment that had raised concerns about same‑day registration.
Senate Bill 54 “will remove that amendment and restore us to the status quo,” Senator Hughes said when moving to suspend the regular order of business so the Senate could take up the measure. The Senate voted 19 ayes and 7 nays on final passage.
The bill’s sponso…
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