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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting |
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election results on an Internet website. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 65, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 65.016 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 65.016. INTERNET POSTING OF ELECTION RESULTS. (a) A |
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county that holds or provides election services for an election and |
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maintains an Internet website shall post on its public Internet |
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website for an election administered by the county: |
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(1) the results of each election; |
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(2) the total number of votes cast; and |
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(3) the total number of votes cast for each candidate |
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or for or against each measure. |
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(b) A city or independent school district that holds an |
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election and maintains an Internet website shall post on its public |
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Internet website for the city or independent school district, as |
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applicable: |
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(1) the results of each election; |
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(2) the total number of votes cast; and |
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(3) the total number of votes cast for each candidate |
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or for or against each measure. |
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(c) The information described by Subsections (a) and (b) |
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must be: |
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(1) posted as soon as practicable after the election; |
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and |
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(2) accessible without having to make more than two |
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selections or view more than two network locations after accessing |
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the Internet website home page of the county, city, or district, as |
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applicable. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |