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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing multiple methods of voting at the same polling |
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place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 123.005(a), Election Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Only [Except as otherwise provided by this code, only] |
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one kind of voting system may be used at a polling place in an |
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election, except: |
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(1) that the authority adopting the voting system may |
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provide for the use of direct recording electronic voting machines |
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to cast a vote in addition to another method of casting a vote at the |
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same polling place; or |
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(2) as otherwise provided by this code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |