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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to inappropriate actions by the early voting ballot board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 87, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 87.006 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 87.006. INAPPROPRIATE ACTION BY BOARD. On written |
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application by the presiding officer of the local canvassing |
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authority indicating that the early voting ballot board has |
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inappropriately accepted or rejected a ballot or otherwise violated |
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a provision of this code, the secretary of state shall review the |
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act in question and determine the appropriate remedy, including |
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making a determination that may lead to a recount under Chapter 212. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |