Texas Secretary of State Elections Division 11/18/2018 Updates and Remarks Keith Ingram, Director Ashley Fischer, Legal Director Betsy Schonhoff, Voter Registration Manager 32nd Annual Election Seminar – July 2014 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State Elections Division Texas Secretary of State Elections Division

Texas Secretary of State Agenda New Employees, New Office Senate Bill 14 and Litigation Legislative Update Other Updates Federal Updates 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Texas Secretary of State New Employees Andre Montgomery, Staff Attorney Yahitza Nunez, Staff Attorney Jason Chapman, VR Team Oscar Trejo, VR Team Lillian Eder, VR Team Monica Brown, Executive Assistant Natalie Marquez, Legal Administrative Assistant 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Texas Secretary of State New Office James Earl Rudder Building 1019 Brazos Street, 2nd Floor Austin, Texas 78701 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Texas Secretary of State Senate Bill 14 Since June 2013, we’ve had three statewide elections under Senate Bill 14. All elections have been smooth, secure and successful. You all have done and an excellent job training poll workers and implementing changes! THANK YOU!!! 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Texas Secretary of State What Needs Work Reviewing Acceptable IDs Procedures for Substantially Similar Names Offering Provisional Ballots Accepting IDs Without Barcodes 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Reviewing Acceptable IDs REMEMBER: Addresses do not have to match between ID and OLRV. Only helps voters in the “totality of the circumstances.” Remember that some forms of acceptable identification do not have addresses, e.g. military IDs-CACs and Uniformed Services IDs. Remember Veterans Affairs cards are acceptable! 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State Elections Division

Substantially Similar Name REMEMBER: An exact name match is not required! Voters with substantially similar names vote a regular ballot. They do not vote provisionally. Name change forms are optional, and not required for voting. 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State Elections Division

Offering Provisional Ballots REMEMBER: No one should be turned away from voting for any reason. If a voter cannot vote a regular ballot, a provisional ballot MUST to be offered to them!!! 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State Elections Division

Accepting IDs Without Barcodes REMEMBER: Not all forms of acceptable IDs are issued by DPS and have a barcode that can be scanned. These IDs are still acceptable, and election workers should not be asking voters for a Texas driver’s license to avoid looking up the voter on the OLRV or e-pollbook. 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Texas Secretary of State Litigation Update The trial is scheduled to begin September 2 in the federal Southern District of Texas in Corpus Christi. What may happen? We won’t know until the court issues its ruling, but the law may be overturned. There may also be subsequent appeals to the 5th Circuit and potentially injunctions. 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Texas Secretary of State Litigation Update What does this mean? We may have changes in law near or during the November 4 general election, and there may be more than one change. For example, the district court may overturn the law, but, if requested, the higher court (5th Circuit) may issue an injunction keeping the law in place through the end of the election or vice versa. 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Texas Secretary of State Litigation Update How do we handle this possibility? Our office will send email advisories as soon as any court issues a ruling. We will edit our website immediately to provide the correct forms and handbooks, depending on what law should be implemented. 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Texas Secretary of State Legislative Update Elections Committee Hearings and Meetings 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Texas Secretary of State Other Updates Voting Systems NCSL meeting 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State

Texas Secretary of State Federal Updates EAC Commissioners Proposed VRA amendment SENTRI Act 11/18/2018 Texas Secretary of State