Bill Text: TX HB740 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to preferential voting in runoff elections for certain voters voting by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to State Affairs [HB740 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB740-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to preferential voting in runoff elections for certain voters voting by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to State Affairs [HB740 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB740-Introduced.html
87R1908 ADM-D | ||
By: Fierro | H.B. No. 740 |
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relating to preferential voting in runoff elections for certain | ||
voters voting by mail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 101.056, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) In addition to any other balloting materials provided to | ||
the voter under this section, the early voting clerk shall provide | ||
the voter with: | ||
(1) a runoff election ballot for each office for which | ||
the voter is eligible to vote, in accordance with Section 101.151; | ||
and | ||
(2) a second carrier envelope in which the voter may | ||
return the runoff election ballot. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 101.057, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) A runoff election ballot voted in accordance with | ||
Section 101.151 may only be counted if a voter returns the ballot at | ||
the same time and in the same manner as a general election ballot | ||
voted by the voter under this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Chapter 101, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. PREFERENTIAL VOTING IN RUNOFF ELECTION | ||
Sec. 101.151. PREFERENTIAL VOTING IN RUNOFF ELECTION. (a) | ||
A voter eligible for early voting by mail under this chapter shall | ||
receive a runoff election ballot at the same time and in the same | ||
manner as the voter's general election ballot. | ||
(b) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to | ||
provide for a runoff election ballot issued to a voter under this | ||
chapter to use a preferential voting system. The system must allow | ||
a voter to rank each candidate through a numerical designation from | ||
the candidate the voter favors most to the candidate the voter | ||
favors least. | ||
(c) If a runoff election for any office voted by the voter | ||
occurs, the carrier envelope containing the voter's runoff election | ||
ballot shall be opened and the ballot shall be counted. The voter's | ||
vote in the election is assigned to the runoff candidate whom the | ||
voter assigned the highest favorable ranking on the runoff election | ||
ballot under Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022. |