HBA-GUM C.S.H.B. 3206 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3206 By: Danburg Elections 5/7/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, there are some discontinuities in the interpretations of certain election procedures. C.S.H.B. 3206 reconciles older law with newer law, specifically to implement 1997 changes in the Texas Election Code as well as to further implement the National Voter Registration Act. This bill also makes changes to existing laws concerning existing election processes and procedures. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 13.004, Election Code, by amending the section title and adding Subsection (c), as follows: Sec. 13.004. New title: RECORDING AND DISCLOSURE OF TELEPHONE NUMBER OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER BY REGISTRAR. (c) Provides that a social security number or telephone number furnished on a voter registration application is confidential and does not constitute public information for purposes of Chapter 552 (Public Information), Government Code. Requires the registrar to ensure that the social security number and telephone number are excluded from disclosure. SECTION 2. Amends Section 13.122, Election Code, by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d), as follows: (a) Provides that an official registration application form must include, among certain specified information, a statement indicating that the omission, rather than the furnishing, of the applicant's driver's license number, personal identification card number, telephone number, social security number, or sex does not affect the validity of the registration application, rather than is optional. (d) Prohibits the portion of an official registration application form that is to be returned by the applicant from including the word "optional" in the space provided for the applicant's driver's license number, personal identification card number, telephone number, or social security number. SECTION 3. Amends the heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 15, Election Code, to read as follows: SUBCHAPTER C. CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION SECTION 4. Amends Section 15.051(a), Election Code, to require the registrar to deliver to the voter's address a written confirmation notice requesting confirmation of the voter's death, if the registrar receives information relating to the voter's death from a source other than a source described by Section 16.001 (Death) or 16.031(b) (relating to the immediate cancellation of a voter's registration upon the registrar's knowledge of the voter's death). SECTION 5. Amends Section 15.052, Election Code, as follows: Sec. 15.052. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION NOTICE AND CONFIRMATION NOTICE RESPONSE FORMS. (a) Specifies that the confirmation notice under this section is a notice requesting confirmation of a voter's current residence. Makes a nonsubstantive change. (b) Provides that an officially prescribed form for a confirmation notice requesting confirmation of a voter's death must include: _ a sworn statement that the information relating to the voter's death received by the registrar is correct or incorrect, as appropriate; _a statement that, if the sworn statement is not returned to the registrar within 30 days after the mailing date of the confirmation notice, the voter is subject to submission of a statement of residence as provided by this subsection; and _a warning that the voter's registration is subject to cancellation if the voter fails to return the confirmation notice to the registrar before November 30 following the second general election for state and county officers that occurs after the date the confirmation notice is mailed. (c) Created from existing text. (d) Redesignated from existing Subsection (c). SECTION 6. Amends Section 15.053(a), Election Code, to specify that the confirmation notice under this subsection is a notice requesting confirmation of a voter's current residence. Makes nonsubstantive and conforming changes. SECTION 7. Amends Section 16.003, Election Code, as follows: Sec. 16.003. FELONY CONVICTION. (a) Requires the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to prepare an abstract of information received under Chapter 60 (Criminal History Record System), Code of Criminal Procedure, each month. Deletes existing text requiring the clerk of each court having felony jurisdiction to each month prepare an abstract of each final judgment of a court served by the clerk occurring in the month, convicting a person 18 years of age or older who is a resident of the state of a felony. Makes a conforming change. (b) Requires that the abstract to be filed with the voter registrar of the person's county of residence under this section within a reasonable period and in accordance with guidelines adopted by the respective agency, rather than not later than the 10th day of the month following the month in which the abstract is prepared. Makes a conforming change. SECTION 8. Amends Section 18.005(a), Election Code, to include a voter's mailing address among the information each original and supplemental list of registered voters must contain. SECTION 9. Amends Sections 18.008(a) and (c), Election Code, as follows: (a) Requires the registrar to furnish the list of registered voters directly to the person requesting it. Prohibits the registrar from requiring the person requesting the list to contact the company or other entity to obtain a copy of the list, if the county has contracted with a computer service company or other private business entity for services related to the lists required under this subchapter (Registration lists). (c) Requires a copy of the list, if it is recorded on magnetic media, rather than magnetic tape, to be furnished in the same magnetic media, rather than in the form of a tape, or as a printout, as requested. SECTION 10. Amends Section 18.061, Election Code, by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (d) and (e), as follows: (b) Adds that a service program must include periodically obtaining information from registrars and other available sources to aid in ascertaining the history of participation of each registered voter in primary and general elections. (d) Requires the secretary of state to periodically provide registrars with updated registration information in the media requested to assist the registrars in maintaining accurate lists of registered voters. (e) Authorizes a county or the secretary of state to acquire the hardware and software necessary to support the use of electronic data services. SECTION 11. Amends Subchapter C, Chapter 18, Election Code, by adding Section 18.0615, as follows: Sec. 18.0615. ELECTRONIC REPORTING REQUIRED. Requires each county to deliver to the secretary of state in electronic form the information required by this subchapter (Registration Service Program). Authorizes a county to deliver the information by means of electronic data services provided under a contract with the secretary. Requires the secretary of state to prescribe the procedures for implementing this section. SECTION 12. Amends Section 18.062, Election Code, by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e), as follows: (c) Includes a voter's history of participation in primary and general elections among the information a state master file of registered voters must include. (e) Provides that for purposes of Subsection (c)(7), a voter's history of participation in the elections includes only information indicating, as applicable, that the voter voted in a particular election, and that the voter voted by mail or by personal appearance during the early voting period in a particular election. SECTION 13. Amends Section 18.063(a), Election Code, to require a county that has not contracted with the secretary of state for electronic data services to deliver to the secretary of state a list of certain specified registration information on or after the first day but before the 16th day of February, April, June, September, and December of each year, rather than January, March, June, September, and December of each year. Makes a conforming change. SECTION 14. Amends Section 18.064, Election Code, to provide that if a registrar fails to substantially comply with Section 15.083 (Delivery of List to Secretary of State), rather than 14.025, 16.032, 18.042, or 18.063 or with rules adopted by the secretary of state implementing the registration service program, the registrar is not entitled to receive state funds for financing voter registration in the county. SECTION 15. Amends Section 18.065(a), Election Code, to make a conforming change. SECTION 16. Amends Section 19.002(d), Election Code, to make a conforming change. SECTION 17. Amends Section 20.035, Election Code, by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c), as follows: (b) Adds language to, except as provided by Subsection (c), require an application to be delivered to the registrar not later than 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the date the application is submitted to the employee. (c) Requires an application submitted after the 34th day and before the 29th day before the date of an election in which any qualified voter of the county is eligible to vote to be delivered not later than 5 p.m. of the 29th day before election day. SECTION 18. Amends Section 20.063, Election Code, by adding Subsection (e), to require DPS to indicate on the temporary license or card, issued as provided by this subsection, that the applicant has completed a voter registration application form provided by DPS. Requires the secretary of state to prescribe procedures to permit a person to use a temporary license or card issued under this subsection for purposes of voting in an election. SECTION 19. Amends Article 42.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, by adding Section 5, as follows: Sec. 5. Requires the judge to, at the time the judge pronounces the sentence, inform a defendant convicted of a felony that the defendant will lose the right to vote from the time the judgment becomes final until the time the defendant's sentence has been fully released from the resulting disability to vote. SECTION 20. Amends Section 521.101, Transportation Code, by adding Subsection (h), to make a conforming change. SECTION 21. Amends Section 521.124, Transportation Code, by adding Subsection (c), to make a conforming change. SECTION 22. Requires the secretary of state to prescribe procedures to implement a statewide standardized coding system for coding voter history information described by Section 18.062(e), Election Code, not later than January 1, 2001. SECTION 23. (a) Requires the secretary of state to study the feasibility of developing a standardized electronic format for entering voter information relating to residence address, including reviewing any United States Postal Service approved software for address standardization, for the purpose of identifying duplicate registrations by voters. (b) Requires the secretary of state to issue a report summarizing recommendations, proposed legislation, and other findings by the secretary of state related to the issue of address standardization. (c) Requires the secretary of state to promptly deliver copies of the report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives. SECTION 24. Requires the secretary of state to prescribe a voter registration application form that conforms to Section 13.122, Election Code, as amended by this Act, and a form for a confirmation notice and a confirmation notice response that conforms to Sections 15.052 and 15.053, Election Code, as amended by this Act, on or before January 1, 2000. SECTION 25. Requires DPS to prescribe a temporary license form and a temporary personal identification certificate form that conforms to Section 20.063(e), Election Code, and Sections 521.101(h) and 521.124(c), Transportation Code, on or before January 1, 2000. SECTION 26. (a) Provides that Section 18.0615, Election Code, applies to registration information from elections held on or after November 2, 1999. Provides that registration information from elections held on or after that date and before March 31, 2000, must be submitted to the secretary of state on or before April 15, 2000. (b) Authorizes a county to voluntarily deliver to the secretary of state information as provided by Section 18.0615, Election Code, for elections held on or after November 3, 1998, and before November 2, 1999. SECTION 27. (a) Effective date: September 1, 1999, except as provided by this section. (b) Provides the changes in law made by Sections 13.122(a) and (d), Election Code, take effect January 1, 2000. Makes application of Sections 13.122(a) and (d) prospective. (c) Provides that section 20.063(e), Election Code, and Sections 521.101(h) and 521.124(c), Transportation Code, take effect January 1, 2000. SECTION 28. Emergency clause. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE The substitute modifies the original in the caption to read "relating to certain voter registration information, processes, and procedures." The caption in the original read "relating to certain election processes and procedures; providing criminal penalties." The substitute adds a new SECTION 1 to amend Section 13.004 (Recording and Disclosure of Telephone Number or Social Security Number by Registrar), Election Code. For more information, please see the Section-by-Section Analysis in this document. SECTION 1 of the original amends Section 2.025 (Runoff Election Day), Election Code, to move the last day on which a runoff election may be held from the 30th to the 45 the day after the date the final canvass of the main election is completed, and provides that an election held after that date may be prescribed by a home-rule city charter, that exceptions to that section are provided by the code, rather than that section, and that Subsection (c), providing that Section 2.025 supersedes a conflicting law notwithstanding Section 2.022, applies to Section 2.025, rather than only to Subsection (b). The substitute adds a new SECTION 2 to amend Section 13.122 (Additional Elements on Official Form), Election Code, by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d). For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 2 the original amends Section 2.051(b) (relating to members of a political subdivision's governing body elected from a single-member district), Election Code, to include other territorial units in addition to singlemember districts, and provides that Subchapter C (Election of Unopposed Candidates) applies if no at-large proposition or opposed at-large race is to appear on the ballot, and applies to an unopposed at-large race regardless of whether an opposed race is to appear on the ballot in a particular territorial unit. The substitute adds new SECTION 3 to amend the heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 15, Election Code, to read "Confirmation of Registration Information." SECTION 3 of the original amends Section 2.053(c) (relating to a certificate of election), Election Code, to require a certificate of election to be issued at the same time as provided for a candidate elected at the election, and the candidate to qualify for the office in the same manner as provided for a candidate elected at the election. The substitute adds new SECTION 4 to amend Section 15.051(a) (relating to a confirmation notice requesting confirmation of the voter's current residence), Election Code. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 4 of the original amends Section 13.072(c) (relating to the rejection of a voter registration application), Election Code, to delete existing Subsection (e) (relating to notification of an incomplete voter registration application) from the exemption to Section 13.072 (Action on Application). The substitute adds new SECTION 5 to amend Section 15.052 (Official Confirmation Notice and Confirmation Notice Response Forms), Election Code. For more information please see the Sectionby-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 5 of the original amends Section 13.073 (Notice of Rejection), Election Code, by adding proposed Subsection (c) to authorize the registrar upon receiving a completed application, previously returned for incompleteness, to use the original date of submission of the incomplete application to determine the effective date of registration. The substitute adds new SECTION 6 to amend Section 15.053(a) (relating to a response to a confirmation notice of the voter's residence), Election Code. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 6 of the original amends Section 15.025 (Effective Date of Registration in Precinct of New Residence), Election Code, to amend the section title, provide that a change in registration information covered by that section is effective for early voting if it will be effective on election day, to require the registrar, in determining the effective date, to use the date indicated by the post office cancellation mark, and to authorize the document to be submitted to the registrar on the next regular business day, if the 30th day before the date of an election is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday. The substitute adds new SECTION 7 to amend Section 16.003 (Felony Conviction), Election Code. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 7 of the original amends Sections 16.033(c) (relating to a notice to a voter of the voter's ineligibility for voter registration) and (d) (relating to the conditions by which the registrar may cancel a voter's registration), Election Code, to require an appropriate reply from the voter on or before the 30th, rather than the 60th, day after the date the notice is mailed. The substitute adds new SECTION 8 to amend Section 18.005(a), Election Code. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 8 of the original amends Section 16.0332(a) (relating to disqualification from jury service due to citizenship status), Election Code, to specify the accepted forms of proof of United States citizenship. The substitute adds new SECTION 9 to amend Sections 18.008(a) and (c) (relating to copies of a registration list furnished on request), Election Code. For more information please see the Sectionby-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 9 of the original amends Section 16.036(a) (relating to notice of cancellation of a voter's registration), Election Code, to include Section 16.0332 (Cancellation Because of Citizenship Status). The substitute adds new SECTION 10 to amend Section 18.061(Registration Service Program Authorized), Election Code, by amending Subsection (b), and adding Subsection (d) and Subsection (e). For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 10 of the original amends Section 19.001(a) (requiring the registrar to prepare and submit to the comptroller of public account a statement of voter registrations), Election Code, to include Section 16.0332 (Cancellation Because of Citizenship Status) in Section 19.001. The substitute adds new SECTION 11 to amend Subchapter C (Registration Service Program), Chapter 18, Election Code, by adding Section 18.0615 (Electronic Reporting Required). For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 11 of the original amends Section 63.0101 (Documentation of Proof of Identification), Election Code, to include an affidavit in which a person working at the polling place attests to the identity of the voter as an accepted proof of identification. The substitute adds new SECTION 12 to amend Section 18.062(c) (relating to the information a master file must include), Election Code. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 12 of the original amends Section 84.032 (Request for Cancellation), Election Code, to include reference to Subsection (e) in Subsection (b), and add proposed Subsection (e) to authorize an applicant to submit a request at any time after the early voting ballot is returned to the early voting ballot board by appearing in person and executing an affidavit that the applicant did not mark the ballot. The substitute adds new SECTION 13 to amend Section 18.063(a), Election Code. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 13 of the original amends Section 86.007(d) (relating to counting a marked ballot voted by mail that arrives after the time the polls are required to close on election day), Election Code, to provide that a marked ballot voted by mail may be counted if it arrives at the address on the carrier envelope not later than the fifth day after the date of a joint election if the political subdivision's ballot is combined with the ballot for the general election for state and county offices. The substitute adds new SECTION 14 to amend Section 18.064 (Sanction for Noncompliance), Election Code. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 14 of the original amends Section 87.0241 (Processing Ballots Before Polls Open), Election Code, to provide that Subsection (b)(2) (relating to counting early voting ballots in a county with a population of 100,000 or more for voting by personal appearance) applies to an election conducted by an authority of a county, conducted jointly with such a county, and to create Subsection (c) to require the secretary of state to prescribe any procedures necessary for implementing that section in regard to election described by Subsection (b)(2). The substitute adds new SECTIONS 15 and 16 to amend Sections 18.065(a) (requiring the secretary of state to monitor a registrar's compliance with certain specified statutes) and 19.002(d) (relating to issuance of a warrant indicating a registrar's noncompliance with certain specified statutes), Election Code, to make conforming changes. SECTION 15 of the original amends Section 87.026 (Bystanders Excluded), Election Code, to include a meeting of a signature verification committee in the places a bystander is prohibited from attending. SECTION 16 of the original amends Section 87.027(f) (relating to the operation of a signature verification committee), Election Code, to prohibit a signature verification committee from continuing operating after 5 p.m. of the fourth day before election day unless that period is extended by written order of the presiding judge of the early voting ballot board. The substitute adds new SECTION 17 to amend Section 20.035 (Delivery of Applications to Registrar), Election Code, to add language to Subsection (b), and add Subsection (c). For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 17 of the original amends Section 87.0271(a) (relating to the appointment of a signature verification committee), Election Code, to provide that the signature verification committee will be appointed on the submission, rather than on receipt, of a written request, including a request submitted by mail, submitted not later than the preceding October 1. The substitute adds new SECTION 18 to amend Section 20.063 (Registration Procedures), Election Code, by adding Subsection (e). For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 18 of the original amends Section 87.041(b) (setting forth the provisions by which an early voting ballot may be accepted), Election Code, to include that the address to which the ballot was mailed to the voter is an address that is otherwise required by certain specified sections, in the lists of provisions by which a ballot is accepted. The substitute adds new SECTION 19 to amend Article 42.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, by adding Section 5. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 19 of the original amends Section 87.0431 (Notice of Rejected Ballot), Election Code, to prohibit an original or copy of the notice of a rejected ballot from being available for public inspection before the early voting election returns are delivered to the general custodian of election records after the election. The substitute adds new SECTIONS 20 and 21 to amend Sections 521.101 (Personal Identification Certificate) and 521.124 (Temporary License; Issued Without Photograph), Transportation Code, to make conforming changes. SECTION 20 of the original amends Section 87.1231 (Early Voting Votes Reported by Precinct), Election Code, to delete existing Subsection (b), relating to the report of vote totals for an election precinct in which fewer than five votes are cst during the early voting period. SECTION 21 of the original amends Section 87.125(a) (setting forth the dates on which the early voting ballot bard is required to convene to count ballots voted by mail), to add proposed text to provide that the time for the early voting ballot board to convene to count the ballots is set by the presiding judge of the board. The original adds proposed Subdivision (1) to specify that the election under Subsection (a) is an election for state and county officers; proposed Subdivision (2) to move the date on which the early voting ballot board may convene from the fifth day to the second day after a primary election, and require that all ballots mailed from outside the United States be received before the board may convene; and proposed Subdivision (3) to require the board to convene between the third and fifth day after an election other than an election under proposed Subdivisions (1) and (2). The substitute adds new SECTION 22. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 22 of the original amends Subchapter G (Miscellaneous Provisions), Chapter 87, Election Code, by adding proposed Sections 87.126 (Unlawfully Divulging Vote) to provide that divulging a vote is a felony of the third degree, except that divulging a vote in an official investigation or other official proceeding in which that information is relevant is not an offense; and 87.127 (Unlawfully Revealing Information Before Polls Close) to provide that a person serving at the meeting place of an early voting ballot board or signature verification committee in an official capacity commits a Class C misdemeanor if before the polls close that person divulges a vote. The substitute adds new SECTION 23. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 23 of the original amends Section 88.004 (Notice of Outcome to Voter), Election Code, by adding proposed Subsection (d), to prohibit an original or copy of the notice of the outcome, relating to the challenge of a person voting by mail, from being available for public inspection until the early voting election returns are delivered to the general custodian of election records after the election. The substitute adds new SECTION 24. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 24 of the original amends Section 102.003(b) (relating to the date and time an application for a late ballot may be submitted), Election Code, to extend from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. the time by which an application for early voting by personal appearance need by submitted on election day. The substitute adds new SECTION 25. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 25 of the original amends Section 104.003 (Time and Place for Voting), Election Code, to require that the voting hours be from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., rather than 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., for an early voting polling place, and deletes existing text setting forth the voting hours for an election in which mechanical voting machines are used. The substitute adds new SECTION 26. For more information please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion in this document. SECTION 26 of the original amends section 112.006 (Time and Place for Voting by Personal Appearance), Election Code, to provide a new title, and to specify that a person may vote at the main early voting polling place only on the days and during the hours the main early voting polling place is open trough 7:00 p.m. on election day. SECTION 27 of the substitute is redesignated from SECTION 37 (Effective date) of the original. New SECTION 27 provides that amended Sections 13.122(a) and (d) and Section 20.063(e), Election Code, and Sections 521.101(h) and 521.124(c), Transportation Code, take effect January 1, 2000. New SECTION 27 also makes application of Sections 13.122(a) and (d), Election Code, prospective. SECTION 27 of the original amends Section 141.004 (Effect of Boundary Change on Residence Requirement for Political Subdivision), Election Code, to modify the section title, and provide that the specified residency requirement is for an office of a political subdivision, rather than for a city office. SECTION 28 of the substitute is redesignated from SECTION 38 (Emergency clause) of the original. SECTION 28 of the original amends Sections 146.051 (Candidate's Name Required to Appear on List) and 146.055 (Applicability of Other Code Provisions), Election Code, to provide those sections apply to any election, rather than to a general election, for city officers. The substitute does not address Section 172.126 (c) (relating to the manner by which joint primaries may be conducted), Election Code, which is amended in SECTION 29 of the original, to require the precinct, if a party's co-judge for the precinct cannot serve and the vacancy is not filled by the party, to be consolidated with another precinct so that each party has a co-judge for the consolidated precinct. The substitute does not address Section 173.011(b) (relating to surplus remaining in a county primary fund after financing a joint primary election), Election Code, which is amended in SECTION 30 of the original, to require the surplus remaining in a county primary fund to be remitted as provided by this section to the secretary of state, rather than to the county clerk, and to delete text relating to the use of the specified surplus. The substitute does not address Section 212.001 (General Requirements for Recount Document), Election Code, which is amended in SECTION 31 of the original, to include that a deposit as provided by Subchapter E (Deposit For Costs of Recount) must accompany a recount document. The substitute does not address Section 212.088(a) (relating to an extension of the deadline for submitting an expedited recount petition), Election Code, which is amended by SECTION 32 of the original, to extend from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. of the next regular business day after a weekend or legal holiday the deadline for submitting an expedited recount petition. The substitute does not address Section 212.111(b) (requiring the deposit for costs of recount to be in the form of a cashier's check), Election Code, which is amended in SECTION 33 of the original, to include cash or money orders among the acceptable forms in which the deposit for covering the costs of recount may be made payable. Deletes text providing an exception to this section. The substitute does not address Section 271.011 (Canvass), Election Code, which is amended in SECTION 34 of the original, by adding proposed Subsection (c), to authorize the joint local canvass, if one of the elections to be jointly canvassed is the general election for state and county officers, to be conducted on the regular date prescribed for the local canvass for the general election for state and county officers. The substitute does not address Section 277.002(a) (relating to the information a valid petition signature must include), Election Code, which is amended in SECTION 35 of the original, to delete the signer's voter registration number from the items required for a petition signature to be valid. The substitute does not address Sections 13.072(e) (relating to the notification of an incomplete application for voter registration), 15.026 (Effective Date of Registration Under New Name), and 212.111(c) (regarding a temporary deposit in the form of cash or a personal check made when the deadline for the deposit fall on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state holiday), Election Code, which are repealed in SECTION 36 of the original.