Bill Text: TX HB2317 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to extension of voting hours for early voting by personal appearance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-11 - Referred to Elections [HB2317 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2317-Introduced.html
83R8293 JRJ-F | ||
By: Aycock | H.B. No. 2317 |
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relating to extension of voting hours for early voting by personal | ||
appearance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 85.005(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) In a county with a population of 100,000 or 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 | ||
100,000 on receipt by the early voting clerk of a written request | ||
for the extended hours submitted by at least 50 [ |
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voters of the county. The request must be submitted in time to | ||
enable compliance with Section 85.067. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 85.006(d) and (e), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(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 50 [ |
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territory covered by the election. The request must be submitted in | ||
time to enable compliance with Section 85.007. The authority is not | ||
required to order the voting on a particular date specified by the | ||
request but shall order the voting on at least one Saturday if a | ||
Saturday is requested [ |
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(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 the last Saturday and for at least five hours on the last | ||
Sunday of the early voting period. [ |
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provision of this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |