Bill Text: TX SB467 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the early voting period for certain elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-10 - Referred to State Affairs [SB467 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB467-Introduced.html
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By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 467 |
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relating to the early voting period for certain elections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 85.001(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The period for early voting by personal appearance | ||
begins on the 17th day before election day and continues through the | ||
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provided by this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 85.006(a) and (c), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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authority ordering an election shall [ |
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personal appearance at the main early voting polling place to be | ||
conducted on each Saturday and Sunday [ |
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(c) The authority ordering voting [ |
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shall determine the hours during which voting is to be conducted on | ||
Saturday and on Sunday. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 85.007(a) and (b), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The election order and the election notice must state: | ||
(1) the date that early voting will begin if under | ||
Section 85.001(d) the early voting period is to begin later than the | ||
prescribed date; | ||
(2) the regular dates and hours that voting will be | ||
conducted under Section 85.005(b); and | ||
(3) the dates and hours that voting on Saturday and on | ||
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(b) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each | ||
election stating the dates and hours that voting on [ |
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SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Election Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Section 85.001(e); and | ||
(2) Sections 85.006(b) and (d). | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |