78S10244 ATP-F

By:  Alonzo                                                       H.B. No. 80 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of an additional polling place at 
which certain voters may vote on election day.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is 
amended by adding Section 43.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 43.007.  MAIN POLLING PLACE FOR CERTAIN VOTERS.  (a)  
This section applies only to an authority that uses an instant 
electronic system approved by the secretary of state at each 
polling place to verify whether a voter has voted in an election.
	(b)  The authority conducting an election shall establish on 
election day an additional polling place at the location of the main 
early voting polling place.
	(c)  A voter of any precinct in the election may cast a ballot 
at the additional polling place established under this section if 
the voter is unable to find the polling place in the voter's 
precinct.
	(d)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to 
implement this section.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect November 1, 2003, and 
applies only to an election ordered on or after that date.