Bill Text: TX HB1037 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the placement on the ballot of the opportunity to cast a straight-party vote.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-01 - Left pending in committee [HB1037 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1037-Introduced.html
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| By: Eiland | H.B. No. 1037 | |
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| relating to the placement on the ballot of the opportunity to cast a | ||
| straight-party vote. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 52.071(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) On a ballot on which a party column appears, each | ||
| political party's name should also be listed at the bottom of each | ||
| party column following all offices on the ballot and a square larger | ||
| than the square prescribed by Section 52.070(a) shall be printed to | ||
| the left of each political party's name appearing at the bottom of | ||
| the party column. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 124.001, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 124.001. STRAIGHT-PARTY ARRANGEMENT. In an election | ||
| in which voters are entitled to cast straight-party votes, the | ||
| voting system ballot shall be arranged to permit the voters to do | ||
| so. The opportunity to cast a straight-party vote must be arranged | ||
| to follow all offices on the ballot in that election. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2013. | ||
