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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an electronic voting system that produces a |
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voter-verifiable paper record. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 129, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 129.003 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 129.003. AUDITABLE VOTING SYSTEM. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Auditable voting system" means a voting system |
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that produces a voter-verifiable paper record. |
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(2) "Voter-verifiable paper record" means a paper |
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record of an electronically generated ballot that may be: |
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(A) reviewed and corrected by the voter at the |
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time the ballot is cast; and |
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(B) used for a recount in an election in which |
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electronically generated ballots were used. |
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(b) Beginning September 1, 2021, an authority of a political |
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subdivision may not purchase a voting system consisting of direct |
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recording electronic voting machines that is not an auditable |
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voting system. |
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(c) Beginning September 1, 2023, a voting system consisting |
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of direct recording electronic voting machines may not be used in an |
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election unless the system is an auditable voting system. |
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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, 2021. |