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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to voting after polls close. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 41.032, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) If voters are waiting to enter the polling place at |
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closing time, the presiding judge shall direct them to enter the |
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polling place and shall close it to others. However, if that |
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procedure is impracticable, at closing time the presiding judge |
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shall compile a list of the names of each voter in line at the time |
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of closing [distribute numbered identification cards to the waiting
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voters] and permit entry into the polling place for voting after |
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closing time only by a voter whose name appears on the list [those
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possessing a card]. |
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(d) The presiding judge shall make an announcement at 6:45 |
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p.m. to voters waiting to enter the polling place that the time for |
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closing the polls is in 15 minutes. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |