Bill Text: TX HB154 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to days and hours for voting during the early voting period.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB154-Introduced.html
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| By: Dominguez | H.B. No. 154 | |
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| relating to days and hours for voting during the early voting | ||
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| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 85.005(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
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| (c) In a county with a population of 50,000 [ |
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| more, the voting in a primary election or the general election for | ||
| state and county officers shall be conducted at the main early | ||
| voting polling place for at least 12 hours on each weekday of the | ||
| last week of the early voting period, and the voting in a special | ||
| election ordered by the governor shall be conducted at the main | ||
| early voting polling place for at least 12 hours on each of the last | ||
| two days of the early voting period. Voting shall be conducted in | ||
| accordance with this subsection in those elections in a county with | ||
| a population under 50,000 [ |
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| clerk of a written request for the extended hours submitted by at | ||
| least 15 registered voters of the county. The request must be | ||
| submitted not later than the 60th day before the date early voting | ||
| begins [ |
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| SECTION 2. Section 85.006(e), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (e) In a primary election or the general election for state | ||
| and county officers in a county with a population of 50,000 | ||
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| appearance voting at the main early voting polling place to be | ||
| conducted for at least 12 hours on the last Saturday and for at | ||
| least five hours on the last Sunday of the early voting period. The | ||
| early voting clerk shall order voting to be conducted at those times | ||
| in those elections in a county with a population under 50,000 | ||
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| by at least 15 registered voters of the county. The request must be | ||
| submitted not later than the 60th day before the date early voting | ||
| begins [ |
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| subsection supersedes any provision of this subchapter to the | ||
| extent of any conflict. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
