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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to days and hours for voting during the early voting |
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period. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 85.005(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) In a county with a population of 50,000 [100,000] or |
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more, the voting in a primary election or the general election for |
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state and county officers shall be conducted at the main early |
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voting polling place for at least 12 hours on each weekday of the |
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last week of the early voting period, and the voting in a special |
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election ordered by the governor shall be conducted at the main |
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early voting polling place for at least 12 hours on each of the last |
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two days of the early voting period. Voting shall be conducted in |
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accordance with this subsection in those elections in a county with |
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a population under 50,000 [100,000] on receipt by the early voting |
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clerk of a written request for the extended hours submitted by at |
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least 15 registered voters of the county. The request must be |
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submitted not later than the 60th day before the date early voting |
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begins [in time to enable compliance with Section 85.067]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 85.006(e), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) In a primary election or the general election for state |
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and county officers in a county with a population of 50,000 |
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[100,000] or more, the early voting clerk shall order personal |
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appearance voting at the main early voting polling place to be |
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conducted for at least 12 hours on the last Saturday and for at |
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least five hours on the last Sunday of the early voting period. The |
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early voting clerk shall order voting to be conducted at those times |
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in those elections in a county with a population under 50,000 |
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[100,000] on receipt of a written request for those hours submitted |
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by at least 15 registered voters of the county. The request must be |
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submitted not later than the 60th day before the date early voting |
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begins [in time to enable compliance with Section 85.007]. This |
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subsection supersedes any provision of this subchapter to the |
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extent of any conflict. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |