Bill Text: TX SB26 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the effect of a change to the period for voting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-06 - Filed [SB26 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB26-Introduced.html
| By: Hall | S.B. No. 26 | |
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| relating to a study on the effect of a change to the period for | ||
| voting. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) The secretary of state shall conduct a | ||
| study regarding the practical effects of eliminating the gap | ||
| between the early voting period for an election and election day and | ||
| providing for the conduct of elections with a single election | ||
| period. | ||
| (b) The study must include: | ||
| (1) best practices and policies of states that conduct | ||
| elections with a single election period; | ||
| (2) a cost-benefit analysis comparing the use of hand | ||
| marked paper ballots, ballot marking devices, and direct recording | ||
| electronic voting machines in elections with a single election | ||
| period; | ||
| (3) comparison of the estimated costs of conducting | ||
| elections with a single election period versus the costs of | ||
| conducting elections with a gap between the early voting period for | ||
| the election and election day; and | ||
| (4) recommended statutory language for implementing | ||
| the conduct of elections with a single election period. | ||
| (c) The secretary of state shall, not later than January | ||
| 1,2022, submit a report on the secretary's findings to the | ||
| legislature. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
