Bill Text: TX HB1573 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of a movable structure as a polling place in a county participating in the countywide polling place program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-08 - Referred to Elections [HB1573 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1573-Introduced.html
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By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 1573 |
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relating to the use of a movable structure as a polling place in a | ||
county participating in the countywide polling place program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 43.007, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (q) to read as follows: | ||
(q) A movable structure may be designated for use as a | ||
polling place by the commissioner's court of a county that | ||
participates in the program. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 43.031(b) and (c), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this code, each [ |
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polling place shall be located inside a building. | ||
(c) A [ |
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shall be a public building if practicable. The entity that owns or | ||
controls a public building shall make the building available for | ||
use as a polling place in any election that covers territory in | ||
which the building is located. If more than one authority requests | ||
the use of the building for the same day and simultaneous use is | ||
impracticable, the entity that owns or controls the building shall | ||
determine which authority may use the building. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 61.003(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if, during the voting period | ||
and within 100 feet of an entrance to [ |
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is located, the person: | ||
(1) loiters; or | ||
(2) electioneers for or against any candidate, | ||
measure, or political party. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 61.007(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) Beginning at 9:30 a.m. and at each subsequent two-hour | ||
interval through 5:30 p.m., the presiding judge shall post written | ||
notice of the total number of voters who have voted in the precinct. | ||
The notice shall be posted [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 62.004, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 62.004. ARRANGING VOTING STATIONS. The voting | ||
stations shall be arranged so that: | ||
(1) the voting area is in view of the election | ||
officers, watchers, and persons waiting to vote but is separated | ||
from the persons waiting to vote; | ||
(2) unauthorized access to the voting area [ |
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prevented; and | ||
(3) the voting area is adequately lighted. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 64.001(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) After a voter is accepted for voting, the voter shall | ||
select a ballot[ |
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ballot at a voting station. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 85.036(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) During the time an early voting polling place is open | ||
for the conduct of early voting, a person may not electioneer for or | ||
against any candidate, measure, or political party in or within 100 | ||
feet of an entrance to [ |
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place is located. | ||
SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |