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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the members on an early voting ballot board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 87.002, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsection (e) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The early voting ballot board must have an odd number of |
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members and consists of a presiding judge, an alternate presiding |
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judge, and at least three [one] other members [member]. |
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(c) In the general election for state and county officers, |
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or in a special election in which party alignment is indicated on |
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the ballot, each county chair of a political party with nominees on |
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the general election ballot shall submit to the county election |
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board a list of names of persons eligible to serve on the early |
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voting ballot board in order of the county chair's preference. The |
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county election board shall appoint at least two people [one |
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person] from each list to serve as a member of the early voting |
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ballot board. The same number of members must be appointed from |
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each list. The county election board shall appoint persons as |
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members of the early voting ballot board in the order of preference |
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indicated on each list. |
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(d) In addition to the members appointed under Subsection |
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(c), the county election board shall appoint as the presiding judge |
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the highest-ranked person on the list provided under that |
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subsection by the political party whose nominee for governor |
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received the most votes in the county in the most recent |
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gubernatorial general election. The county election board shall |
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appoint [and] as the alternate presiding judge the highest-ranked |
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person appointed to the board from [on] the list provided under |
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Subsection (c) [that subsection] by the political party whose |
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nominee for governor received the second most votes in the county in |
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the most recent gubernatorial general election. |
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(e) The alternate presiding judge is considered a member of |
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the board and serves as presiding judge only in the absence of the |
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presiding judge. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |