TX HB439

Requires county voter registrars to retain voter registration applications for any person removed from the registered voter list, with these records (except confidential information) being open to public records requests

Mandates that both the Secretary of State and county registrars publish voter registration lists on publicly accessible websites in searchable, sortable, and downloadable database formats

Changes signature verification committee procedures from optional ("may") to mandatory ("shall") comparison of mail ballot signatures against known signatures on file with the county clerk or voter registrar

Adds new ballot acceptance requirement that voter identification information provided on ballot applications must match information on carrier envelopes and records on file with election officials

Creates Class A misdemeanor criminal offenses for registrars, signature verification committee chairs, early voting ballot board presiding judges, and early voting clerks who knowingly fail to comply with the bill's requirements