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Amend CSSB 97 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 281.001(d), Election Code, between "shall" and "appoint" (page 2, line 64), insert "determine the number of members necessary to conduct the review and".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 281.001(f), Election Code, strike Subdivision (1) (page 2, line 69 through page 3, line 5) and substitute the following:
(1) all ballots voted in-person during early voting and on election day from each precinct in the county where the number of ballots cast exceeded the total number of voters who were accepted for voting at an early voting location or polling place in the precinct;
(2) all ballots voted by mail and on election day from an additional number of randomly selected precincts in the county that includes the greater of:
(A) three precincts; or
(B) 20 percent of the remaining number of precincts in the county; and
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 281.001(f), Election Code (page 3, line 6), renumber subsequent Subdivisions of Subsection (f) accordingly.
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 281.001, Election Code, strike Subsection (g) (page 3, lines 13 through 24) and substitute the following:
(g) A review under this section shall be limited to not fewer than three and not more than five contested races or ballot measures. If there are more than five contested races or ballot measures identified in the request under Subsection (b), the county clerk shall randomly select five races or measures for review. The contested races must include at least one of each of the following types of races, regardless of whether the type was identified in the request under Subsection (b):
(1) a federal office;
(2) a statewide office; and
(3) a county office.
(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 281.001(k), Election Code, in Subdivision (1) (page 3, lines 49 and 50), strike "race under Subsections (g)(1) through (3)" and substitute "race or ballot measure under Subsection (g)".