Bill Text: TX HB4697 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the partial count of electronic voting system ballots.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-18 - Left pending in committee [HB4697 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4697-Engrossed.html
| 88R20024 MPF-F | ||
| By: DeAyala | H.B. No. 4697 | |
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| relating to the partial count of electronic voting system ballots. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 127.201, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) To ensure the accuracy of the tabulation of electronic | ||
| voting system results, the general custodian of election records | ||
| shall conduct a manual count of all the races in: | ||
| (1) at least one percent of the election precincts or | ||
| in three precincts, whichever is greater, in which the electronic | ||
| voting system was used; or | ||
| (2) at least one percent of polling places | ||
| participating in the countywide polling place program under Section | ||
| 43.007 or in three countywide polling places, whichever is greater, | ||
| in which the electronic voting system was used on election day and | ||
| during early voting by personal appearance. | ||
| (a-1) The custodian shall select the precincts or | ||
| countywide polling places for a manual count under Subsection (a) | ||
| at random and shall begin the count not later than 72 hours after | ||
| the polls close. The count shall be completed not later than the | ||
| 21st day after election day. Subsection (b) supersedes this | ||
| subsection to the extent of a conflict. | ||
| (b) In a general election for state and county officers, | ||
| primary election, or election on a proposed amendment to the state | ||
| constitution or other statewide measure submitted by the | ||
| legislature, the secretary of state shall select, in accordance | ||
| with rules adopted by the secretary, the precincts or countywide | ||
| polling places to be counted under Subsection (a). The secretary | ||
| shall designate not more than three offices and not more than three | ||
| propositions to be counted in the selected precincts or countywide | ||
| polling places. The secretary shall notify the general custodian | ||
| of election records of the precincts or countywide polling places, | ||
| offices, and propositions selected under this subsection not | ||
| earlier than the day after election day. | ||
| (c) On selection or notification, as applicable, of the | ||
| precincts or countywide polling places to be counted, the general | ||
| custodian of election records shall post on the county's Internet | ||
| website home page [ |
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| hour, and place of the count. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
