Bill Text: TX HB3300 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the hours during which the polls are open for early voting by personal appearance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Referred to Elections [HB3300 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3300-Introduced.html
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By: Gutierrez | H.B. No. 3300 |
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relating to the hours during which the polls are open for early | ||
voting by personal appearance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 12.004(d), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
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shall remain open for providing voter registration information | ||
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voting polling place is open for voting. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 85.006(e), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) In a primary election or the general election for state | ||
and county officers in a county with a population of 100,000 or | ||
more, the early voting clerk shall order personal appearance voting | ||
at the main early voting polling place to be conducted for at least | ||
12 hours on the last Saturday and for at least five hours and until | ||
7 p.m. on the last Sunday of the early voting period. The early | ||
voting clerk shall order voting to be conducted [ |
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those elections at the main early voting polling place for at least | ||
12 hours on the last Saturday and for at least five hours and until | ||
7 p.m. on the last Sunday of the early voting period in a county | ||
with a population under 100,000 on receipt of a written request for | ||
those hours submitted by at least 15 registered voters of the | ||
county. The request must be submitted in time to enable compliance | ||
with Section 85.007. This subsection supersedes any provision of | ||
this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. | ||
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
an election for which early voting begins on or after September 1, | ||
2013. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |