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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the selection of presidential electors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 192.002(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) To be eligible to serve as a presidential elector, a |
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person must: |
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(1) be a qualified voter of this state; |
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(2) be a resident of the congressional district the |
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person is chosen to represent, if the person is an elector |
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designated under Section 192.003(b)(2); and |
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(3) [(2)] not hold the office of United States |
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senator, United States representative, or any other federal office |
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of profit or trust. |
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SECTION 2. Section 192.003, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 192.003. METHOD OF BECOMING ELECTOR CANDIDATE. (a) |
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To become a presidential elector candidate, a person must be |
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nominated as a political party's elector candidate in accordance |
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with party rules or named as an elector candidate by an independent |
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or write-in candidate for president. |
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(b) The presidential elector candidates must be designated |
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as follows: |
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(1) two persons to serve as at-large electors from the |
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state; and |
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(2) one person to serve as an elector from each |
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congressional district. |
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SECTION 3. Section 192.005, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 192.005. VOTE REQUIRED FOR ELECTION. An elector |
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candidate is elected if: |
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(1) for the persons designated under Section |
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192.003(b)(1), the candidates for president and vice-president |
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that correspond to the electors receive the most votes in the state; |
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and |
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(2) for a person designated under Section |
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192.003(b)(2), the candidates for president and vice-president |
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that correspond to the elector receive the most votes in the |
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congressional district the elector represents [The set of elector |
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candidates that is elected is the one that corresponds to the |
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candidates for president and vice-president receiving the most |
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votes]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 192.007, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 192.007. REPLACEMENT AFTER ELECTION. (a) The |
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electors meeting to vote for president and vice-president may |
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appoint a replacement elector as provided by Subsection (b) [by a |
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majority vote of the qualified electors present] if: |
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(1) the vacancy occurred before presidential election |
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day and a replacement was not chosen under Section 192.004; |
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(2) on or after presidential election day, an elector |
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is declared ineligible or dies; or |
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(3) the vacancy is declared under Section 192.006(c). |
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(b) A replacement elector is chosen by the majority vote of |
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the qualified electors present that correspond to the same |
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candidates for president and vice-president that received the most |
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votes in the area for which the replacement elector is chosen. If |
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there are no qualified electors present that correspond to the same |
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candidates for president and vice-president that received the most |
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votes in the area for which the replacement elector is chosen, a |
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replacement elector is chosen by the majority vote of all the |
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qualified electors present. |
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(c) The chair of the electors shall notify the secretary of |
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state of the name and residence address of a replacement elector |
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immediately on the replacement's appointment. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |