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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain content requirements for signs used to identify |
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the location of a polling place during a primary election. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 172, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 172.127 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 172.127. CONTENT OF SIGN USED TO IDENTIFY POLLING |
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PLACE LOCATION. (a) This section applies only to a polling place |
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used to hold an election for more than one political party. |
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(b) A sign used to indicate the location of a polling place |
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for a primary election or a primary runoff election must either: |
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(1) not contain the name of, or symbol representing, |
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any political party that is holding an election at the polling |
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place; or |
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(2) contain each name of, or each symbol representing, |
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a political party that is holding an election at the polling place. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |