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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a tribunal declaring an election void. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 221, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 221.0115 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 221.0115. NUMBER OF ILLEGAL VOTES. (a) The tribunal |
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hearing an election contest shall declare an election void if the |
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tribunal determines the number of illegal votes is equal to or |
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greater than the number of votes necessary to change the outcome of |
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an election. |
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(b) The tribunal may declare an election void under |
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Subsection (a) without attempting to determine how individual |
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voters voted. |
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SECTION 2. Section 221.009(b), Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an election contest filed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. An election contest filed before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |