78R6822 ATP-D
By: Denny H.B. No. 1697
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to recounts of elections in which direct recording
electronic voting machines were used.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 212.112(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Subject to Subsection (d), the amount of the recount
deposit is determined by the number of precincts for which a recount
is requested in the document that the deposit accompanies, in
accordance with the following schedule:
(1) five times the maximum hourly rate of pay for
election judges, for a precinct in which:
(A) regular paper ballots were used;
(B) electronic voting system ballots, other than
punch-card ballots or printed images of ballots cast using direct
recording electronic voting machines, are to be recounted manually;
or
(C) both write-in votes and voting system votes
are to be recounted;
(2) 10 times the maximum hourly rate of pay for
election judges, for a precinct in which:
(A) punch-card ballots are to be recounted
manually; or
(B) printed images of ballots cast using direct
recording electronic voting machines are to be recounted manually;
(3) three times the maximum hourly rate of pay for
election judges, for a precinct in which ballots are to be recounted
by automatic tabulating equipment and no write-in votes are to be
recounted; and
(4) two times the maximum hourly rate of pay for
election judges, for a precinct in which:
(A) voting machines were used and no write-in
votes are to be recounted; or
(B) only the write-in votes cast in connection
with a voting system are to be recounted.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 213, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 213.016 to read as follows:
Sec. 213.016. PRINTING IMAGES OF BALLOTS CAST USING DIRECT
RECORDING ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES. In a recount of ballots cast
using direct recording electronic voting machines, if images of
ballots cast are printed at a time or place other than at the place
and time of the recount, each candidate is entitled to be present
and to have representatives present in the same number as
prescribed by Section 213.013(b) for a recount when the printing of
the images occurs.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.