Bill Text: TX SB1951 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the procedure for duplicating ballots for automatic counting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1951 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1951-Introduced.html
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| By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1951 | |
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| relating to the procedure for duplicating ballots for automatic | ||
| counting. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 127.126, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (g) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The manager of a central counting station may have | ||
| ballots duplicated for automatic counting as provided by this | ||
| section. The manager shall designate teams of two election | ||
| officers to prepare the duplicate ballots. Each officer must be | ||
| aligned or affiliated with a different political party unless there | ||
| are not two or more election officers serving the central counting | ||
| station who are aligned with different parties. | ||
| (a-1) The election officers designated under Subsection (a) | ||
| shall prepare a duplicate ballot by having one officer announce the | ||
| name of the candidate and the other officer mark the ballot with the | ||
| name of that candidate. Each duplicate ballot must be | ||
| independently reviewed by a second team of two election officers, | ||
| each of whom is aligned or affiliated with a different political | ||
| party as described by Subsection (a). | ||
| (g) The manager of a central counting station shall post the | ||
| time that ballots will be duplicated to ensure that poll watchers | ||
| are able to observe the activity under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
