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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the location of countywide polling places within a |
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county. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.007(m), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(m) In adopting a methodology under Subsection (f), the |
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county must ensure that: |
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(1) in a county with a population of less than one |
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million, each county commissioners precinct contains at least one |
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countywide polling place and the percentage of the total number of |
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countywide polling places located in each commissioners precinct |
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must be as equal as mathematically possible to the percentage of |
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registered voters of the county whose registrations are effective |
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on the date of the election residing in each commissioners |
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precinct; or [and] |
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(2) in a county with a population of one million or |
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more, the percentage of the total number of countywide polling |
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places located in each state representative district in the county |
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containing territory in which the election is held must be as equal |
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as mathematically possible to the percentage of registered voters |
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of the county whose registrations are effective on the date of the |
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election residing in each state representative district [the total
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number of permanent branch and temporary branch polling places open
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for voting in a county commissioners precinct does not exceed more
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than twice the number of permanent branch and temporary branch
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polling places in another county commissioners precinct]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |