Bill Text: TX SB1115 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the time in which early voting is conducted.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1115 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1115-Introduced.html
87R10975 MLH-F | ||
By: Bettencourt, et al. | S.B. No. 1115 |
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relating to the time in which early voting is conducted. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12.004(d), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) If early voting by personal appearance is required to be | ||
conducted for extended hours under Section 85.005(c) or for weekend | ||
hours under Section 85.006[ |
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remain open for providing voter registration information during the | ||
extended hours or weekend hours that the main early voting polling | ||
place is open for voting. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 85.001(e), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) For an election held on the uniform election date in | ||
May, or for [ |
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election held on a uniform election date, the period for early | ||
voting by personal appearance begins on the 12th day before | ||
election day and continues through the fourth day before election | ||
day. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 85.005(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The [ |
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and county officers shall be conducted at the main early voting | ||
polling place for [ |
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week of the early voting period, and the voting in a special | ||
election ordered by the governor shall be conducted at the main | ||
early voting polling place for [ |
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last two days of the early voting period. Unless ordered by a court, | ||
voting time shall be not more than 12 hours in one day [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 85.006(b) and (d), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) In an election in which a county clerk or city secretary | ||
is the early voting clerk under Section 83.002 or 83.005, the hours | ||
for voting shall be as follows: | ||
(1) on any weekday of the first week of the early | ||
voting period, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; | ||
(2) on a Saturday during the early voting period, from | ||
7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.; | ||
(3) on a Sunday during the early voting period, from | ||
1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.; and | ||
(4) on any weekday of the last week of the early voting | ||
period, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. [ |
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(d) The authority authorized to order early voting on a | ||
Saturday or Sunday under Subsection (a) [ |
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voting under the applicable subsection on receipt of a written | ||
request submitted by at least 15 registered voters of the territory | ||
covered by the election. The request must be submitted in time to | ||
enable compliance with Section 85.007. The authority is not | ||
required to order the voting on a particular date specified by the | ||
request but shall order the voting on at least one Saturday if a | ||
Saturday is requested and on at least one Sunday if a Sunday is | ||
requested. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 85.064(d), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) The authority authorized under Section 85.006 to order | ||
early voting on a Saturday or Sunday may also order, in the manner | ||
prescribed by that section, early voting to be conducted on a | ||
Saturday or Sunday at any one or more of the temporary branch | ||
polling places. [ |
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SECTION 6. Sections 85.006(c) and (e), Election Code, are | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |