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House Bill 2381 |
House Author: Reynolds |
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Effective: Vetoed |
Senate Sponsor: Rodríguez |
House Bill 2381 amends the Election Code to change the process for appointing election judges and for selecting early voting election officers for primary elections.
Reason Given for Veto: "The Election Code allows the county chairs of each major political party to select election judges to represent the political party at polling places, subject only to the county commissioners court's review of the legal eligibility of the county chairs' selections. House Bill 2381 would enable partisan county clerks to override the selection of the party county chair in some cases. The selection of a political party's representative at a polling place should be left to party leadership and should not be subject to any influence by elected county clerks whose interests may not align with the party's interest. Other sections of House Bill 2381 contain reforms that would be worthy of reconsideration by the next Legislature."