Bill Text: TX SB46 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to temporary branch polling places.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-09 - Filed [SB46 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB46-Introduced.html
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By: Miles, et al. | S.B. No. 46 |
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relating to temporary branch polling places. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 85.062(e), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) In an election covered by Subsection (d), a temporary | ||
branch polling place that is [ |
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be established only with the approval of the county clerk. If a | ||
movable temporary branch polling place is established [ |
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political party whose nominee for governor in the most recent | ||
gubernatorial general election received more than 10 percent of the | ||
total number of votes received by all candidates for governor in the | ||
election is entitled to establishment of such a polling place. The | ||
election officers serving a polling place covered by this | ||
subsection must be affiliated or aligned with different political | ||
parties to the extent possible. The secretary of state, after | ||
consulting the state chair of each affected political party, shall | ||
prescribe the procedures necessary to implement this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 85.065, Election Code, as effective | ||
September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 85.065. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCHES | ||
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temporary branch polling place may be conducted on any days and | ||
during any hours of the period for early voting by personal | ||
appearance, as determined by the authority establishing the branch. | ||
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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be uniform among the temporary branch polling places. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 85.068(a), Election Code, as effective | ||
September 1, 2021, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each | ||
election stating any dates and the hours that voting on Saturday or | ||
Sunday will be conducted under Section 85.065(a) [ |
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secretary under Section 83.002 or 83.005. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 85.064, Election Code, as effective | ||
September 1, 2021, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
last day of the legislative session. |