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House Bill 719 |
House Author: Flynn |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Duncan |
House Bill 719 amends the Election Code to require the secretary of state to implement a program that allows each participating commissioners court to eliminate county election precinct polling places and establish countywide polling places for certain elections. The bill sets forth requirements for the secretary of state's audit of the direct recording electronic voting units used in the elections, selection of counties to participate in the program, and filing of a biennial report with the legislature. The bill requires the commissioners court of a county desiring to participate in the program, with certain exceptions, to hold a public hearing about the county's participation and establishes requirements for selecting polling place sites and providing voters notice of the changes made to voting locations. The bill specifies that voters at a countywide polling place must be allowed to vote in the same elections in which they would be entitled to vote in the voter's county election precinct.
House Bill 719 requires that a sign indicating the location of a polling place for a primary election or a primary runoff election for more than one political party either not contain the name or symbol of any political party holding an election at the polling place or contain each party's name or symbol.