Bill Text: TX SB397 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the procedures for closing a polling place.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-27 - Referred to Elections [SB397 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB397-Introduced.html

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88R2608 MLH-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 397

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the procedure for closing a polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.002(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Immediately after closing the polls for voting on
election day and on the last day of early voting by personal
appearance, the presiding election judge or alternate election
judge shall print the tape to show the number of votes cast for each
candidate or ballot measure for each voting machine.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.