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House Bill 3105 |
House Author: Anchia |
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Effective: 6-15-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Duncan |
House Bill 3105 amends the Election Code to reestablish the program created in 2005 to allow participating commissioners courts to eliminate county election precincts and establish countywide polling places for certain elections. The bill requires a participating county to adopt a methodology for determining the location of each countywide polling place and to create a plan, having solicited input from organizations representing minority voters, to inform voters of the changes made to polling place locations. The bill specifies the minimum number of polling places and requires each polling place to allow a voter to vote in the same elections in which the voter would be entitled to vote in the county election precinct in which the voter resides. The bill requires the secretary of state to select for the program any county that meets certain conditions, including one that has previously participated in a similar program. The secretary of state must operate the program as a pilot program until June 1, 2009, and file a report with the legislature not later than January 1, 2009, that includes the secretary's recommendations on the future use of countywide polling places and suggestions for permanent statutory authority regarding such polling places. The program expires June 1, 2009.