Bill Text: TX HB4314 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a tribunal declaring an election void.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Elections [HB4314 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4314-Introduced.html

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88R10666 MPF-D
By: Schofield H.B. No. 4314

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a tribunal declaring an election void.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 221, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 221.0115 to read as follows:
Sec. 221.0115. NUMBER OF ILLEGAL VOTES. (a) The tribunal
hearing an election contest shall declare an election void if the
tribunal determines the number of illegal votes is equal to or
greater than the number of votes necessary to change the outcome of
an election.
(b) The tribunal may declare an election void under
Subsection (a) without attempting to determine how individual
voters voted.
SECTION 2. Section 221.009(b), Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an election contest filed on or after the effective date of this
Act. An election contest filed before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.