Bill Text: TX SB921 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain elections.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 5)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-03 - Referred to Elections [SB921 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB921-Engrossed.html
| By: Hughes, et al. | S.B. No. 921 | |
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| relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain | ||
| elections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2.0215 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2.0215. DETERMINATION OF MAJORITY VOTE. (a) In this | ||
| section, "preferential voting system" means a voting system which | ||
| permits a voter to rank each candidate through a numerical | ||
| designation from the candidate the voter favors most to the | ||
| candidate the voter favors least. | ||
| (b) In an election requiring a majority vote to be elected | ||
| to a public or political party office or to receive a political | ||
| party's nomination, a candidate must receive more than half of the | ||
| votes as originally cast. A majority may not be determined by using | ||
| a preferential voting system to reassign votes. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2.022(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) Sections 2.0215, 2.023, 2.025, and 2.028 supersede a law | ||
| outside this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
