Bill Text: TX HB2391 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the order of candidate names on an election ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-20 - Referred to Elections [HB2391 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2391-Introduced.html
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By: Swanson | H.B. No. 2391 |
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relating to the order of candidate names on an election ballot. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 2.002(d), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) The order of the candidates' names on the ballot shall | ||
be the relative order of names on the original ballot [ |
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SECTION 2. Sections 52.094(a) and (c), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, for an election at | ||
which the names of more than one candidate for the same office are | ||
to appear on the ballot in an independent column or are to appear on | ||
a general or special election ballot that does not contain a party | ||
nominee, the order of the candidates' names shall be determined by a | ||
drawing. The order of the candidates' names on the ballot of any | ||
resulting runoff election or election held to resolve a tie vote | ||
shall be the relative order of names on the original election | ||
ballot. | ||
(c) The authority conducting the drawing shall post in the | ||
authority's office a notice of the date, hour, and place of the | ||
drawing. The notice must remain posted continuously for 72 hours | ||
immediately preceding the scheduled time of the drawing[ |
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SECTION 3. Section 172.084(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
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the candidates' names on the runoff primary election ballot for | ||
each county shall be the relative order of names on the general | ||
primary ballot established by the drawing of candidates conducted | ||
under Section 172.082 [ |
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SECTION 4. Sections 172.084(b), (c), (d), and (e), Election | ||
Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |