Bill Text: TX HB88 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an election ballot.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB88 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB88-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 88 | ||
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| relating to 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 | ||
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| (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. Section 52.075, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 52.075. MODIFICATION OF BALLOT FORM FOR CERTAIN VOTING | ||
| SYSTEMS. (a) The secretary of state may prescribe the form and | ||
| content of a ballot for an election using a voting system, including | ||
| an electronic voting system or a voting system that uses direct | ||
| recording electronic voting machines or ballot marking devices, to | ||
| conform to the formatting requirements of the system. | ||
| (b) In this section, "ballot marking device," "direct | ||
| recording electronic voting machine," "electronic voting system," | ||
| and "voting system" have the meanings assigned by Section 121.003. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 4. Section 121.003, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subdivision (13) to read as follows: | ||
| (13) "Ballot marking device" means a voting system | ||
| with an electronic interface that allows a voter to mark a paper | ||
| ballot. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 88 was passed by the House on April 2, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 88 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 18, 3 | ||
| present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 88 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
