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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the elimination of electronic poll lists and the |
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countywide polling place program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.0511(d), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) Not more than two student election clerks may serve at a |
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polling place[, except that not more than four student election |
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clerks may serve at any countywide polling place]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.0051(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a county with a population |
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of less than 1.2 million [that does not participate in the |
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countywide polling place program described by Section 43.007]. |
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SECTION 3. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 63.0016 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 63.0016. USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO ACCEPT VOTERS |
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PROHIBITED. The use of an electronic device to accept voters under |
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this chapter is prohibited. |
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SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 85, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 85.0621 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 85.0621. VOTERS SERVED BY BRANCH POLLING PLACE. (a) |
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The commissioners court of a county shall assign a person in the |
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county entitled to vote an early voting ballot by personal |
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appearance to an early voting polling place in the commissioners |
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precinct. |
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(b) Any person entitled to vote an early voting ballot by |
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personal appearance may do so at the early voting polling place to |
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which the person is assigned under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 5. The following provisions of the Election Code |
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are repealed: |
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(1) Section 31.014; |
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(2) Section 32.002(c-1); |
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(3) Section 43.004(c); |
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(4) Section 43.007; |
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(5) Section 63.002(d); |
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(6) Section 63.003(d); |
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(7) Section 63.004(e); and |
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(8) Section 85.062(f-1). |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |