Bill Text: TX HB3356 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that an auditable voting system be used in an election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Referred to Elections [HB3356 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3356-Introduced.html
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| By: Hefner | H.B. No. 3356 | |
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| relating to a requirement that an auditable voting system be used in | ||
| an election. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 129, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 129.003 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 129.003. PAPER AUDIT TRAIL REQUIRED. (a) In this | ||
| section, "auditable voting system" means a voting system that: | ||
| (1) uses a paper record; or | ||
| (2) produces a paper receipt by which a voter can | ||
| verify that the voter's ballot will be counted accurately. | ||
| (b) Beginning January 1, 2023, a voting system that consists | ||
| of direct recording electronic voting machines may not be used in an | ||
| election unless the system is an auditable voting system. | ||
| 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 September 1, 2021. | ||
