Bill Text: TX HB3611 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-30 - Left pending in committee [HB3611 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3611-Introduced.html
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By: Cain | H.B. No. 3611 |
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relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain | ||
elections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 2.0215 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 2.0215. DETERMINATION OF MAJORITY VOTE. (a) In this | ||
section, "preferential voting system" means a voting system which | ||
permits a voter to rank each candidate through a numerical | ||
designation from the candidate the voter favors most to the | ||
candidate the voter favors least. | ||
(b) In an election requiring a majority vote to be elected | ||
to a public office, a candidate must receive more than half of the | ||
votes as originally cast. A majority may not be determined by using | ||
a preferential voting system to reassign votes. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2.022(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Sections 2.0215, 2.023, 2.025, and 2.028 supersede a law | ||
outside this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |