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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a notice of the delivery of provisional ballots. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 65.053, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 65.053. DELIVERY OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS. (a) The |
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presiding judge of an election precinct shall deliver in person to |
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the general custodian of election records the box containing each |
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envelope containing a provisional ballot that was cast in the |
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precinct. The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures by |
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which the early voting ballot board may have access to the |
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provisional ballots as necessary to implement this subchapter. |
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(b) The presiding judge of an election precinct shall daily |
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prepare a notice of the number of provisional ballots delivered to |
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the general custodian of elections records under Subsection (a) and |
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deliver the notice to, as applicable: |
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(1) the central counting station; |
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(2) the counting station designated under Section |
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127.001(b); or |
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(3) the early voting ballot board. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |