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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the selection of election judges for countywide polling |
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places. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.002, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) The commissioners court shall appoint election judges |
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for countywide polling places used as provided by Section 43.007 in |
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accordance with this section, except that the number of presiding |
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election judges affiliated or aligned with a political party as |
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compared to the number of total countywide polling places shall be |
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in proportion to the percentage of votes that party's nominee for |
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governor received in the county in the most recent gubernatorial |
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general election. |
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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. |