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78R8995 T

By:  Truitt                                                       H.B. No. 3128



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to write-in voting for the offices of county chair and 
precinct chair.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 171.0231, Election Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 171.0231.  WRITE-IN CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY CHAIR OR 
PRECINCT CHAIR.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 171.0231(a), (d), and (e), Election 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A [Except as provided by Subsection (f), a] write-in 
vote for the office of county chair or precinct chair may not be 
counted unless the name written in appears on the list of write-in 
candidates.
	(d)  A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not 
later than 5 p.m. of the 62nd day before general primary election 
day.  However, if a candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot 
for the office of county chair or precinct chair dies or is declared 
ineligible after the third day before the date of the regular filing 
deadline prescribed by this subsection, a declaration of write-in 
candidacy for the office sought by the deceased or ineligible 
candidate may be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 59th day before 
election day.
	(e)  With the appropriate modifications and to the extent 
practicable, Subchapter B, Chapter 146, applies to write-in voting 
for the office of county chair or precinct chair.
	SECTION 3.  Section 171.0231(f), Election Code, is repealed.                   
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.