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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain |
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elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2.0215 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2.0215. DETERMINATION OF MAJORITY VOTE. (a) In this |
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section, "preferential voting system" means a voting system which |
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permits a voter to rank each candidate through a numerical |
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designation from the candidate the voter favors most to the |
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candidate the voter favors least. |
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(b) In an election requiring a majority vote to be elected |
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to a public office, a candidate must receive more than half of the |
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votes as originally cast. A majority may not be determined by using |
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a preferential voting system to reassign votes. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2.022(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Sections 2.0215, 2.023, 2.025, and 2.028 supersede a law |
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outside this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |