Bill Text: TX HB1683 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the early voting period.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-17 - Left pending in committee [HB1683 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1683-Introduced.html
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By: Fallon | H.B. No. 1683 |
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relating to the early voting period. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 85.001(a) and (c), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The period for early voting by personal appearance | ||
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through the fourth day before election day, except as otherwise | ||
provided by this section. | ||
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beginning the period is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state holiday, | ||
the early voting period begins on the next regular business day. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 85.005(d), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) In an election ordered by a city, early voting by | ||
personal appearance at the main early voting polling place shall be | ||
conducted for at least 12 hours[ |
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SECTION 3. Sections 85.006(a), (d), and (e), Election Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the authority | ||
ordering an election may order early voting by personal appearance | ||
at the main early voting polling place to be conducted on a Saturday | ||
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period. | ||
(d) The authority authorized to order early voting on a | ||
Saturday or Sunday under Subsection (a) or (b) shall order the | ||
voting under the applicable subsection on receipt of a written | ||
request submitted by at least 15 registered voters of the territory | ||
covered by the election. The request must be submitted in time to | ||
enable compliance with Section 85.007. The authority [ |
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is requested. | ||
(e) In a primary election or the general election for state | ||
and county officers in a county with a population of 100,000 or | ||
more, the early voting clerk shall order personal appearance voting | ||
at the main early voting polling place to be conducted for at least | ||
12 hours on [ |
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clerk shall order voting to be conducted at those times in those | ||
elections in a county with a population under 100,000 on receipt of | ||
a written request for those hours submitted by at least 15 | ||
registered voters of the county. The request must be submitted in | ||
time to enable compliance with Section 85.007. This subsection | ||
supersedes any provision of this subchapter to the extent of any | ||
conflict. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 85.001(b) and (e), Election Code, are | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018. |