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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the selection of early voting judges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 85.009, Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 85, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 85.073 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 85.073. Election officers serving branch polling |
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place. (a) The early voting clerk shall designate for each branch |
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polling place a deputy early voting clerk as the election officer in |
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charge of the polling place. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the composition of |
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the set of election officers serving a branch polling place must |
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provide representation for each political party conducting a |
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primary election in the county. |
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(c) For the general election for state and county officers |
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and for a special election to fill a vacancy in an office regularly |
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filled at the general election for state and county officers, the |
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composition of the set of election officers serving a branch |
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polling place who are not employees of the county must, to the |
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extent practicable, provide equal representation for each |
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political party conducting a primary election in the county. |
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |