Bill Text: TX HB3878 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to early voting in a primary or general election for state and county officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Elections [HB3878 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB3878-Introduced.html

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By: Blanco H.B. No. 3878

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to early voting in a primary or general election for state
and county officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.006, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 85.006. VOTING ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b), the authority ordering an election may
order early voting by personal appearance at the main early voting
polling place to be conducted on one or more Saturdays or Sundays
during the early voting period.
(b) In an election in which a county clerk or city secretary
is the early voting clerk under Section 83.002 or 83.005, only the
early voting clerk may order voting on a Saturday or Sunday. The
clerk must do so by written order.
(c) The authority ordering voting on a Saturday or Sunday
shall determine the hours during which voting is to be conducted.
[(d) The authority authorized to order early voting on a
Saturday or Sunday under Subsection (a) or (b) shall order the
voting under the applicable subsection on receipt of a written
request submitted by at least 15 registered voters of the territory
covered by the election. The request must be submitted in time to
enable compliance with Section 85.007. The authority is not
required to order the voting on a particular date specified by the
request but shall order the voting on at least one Saturday if a
Saturday is requested and on at least one Sunday if a Sunday is
requested.]
[(e)] (d) 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 on
the last Sunday of the early voting period. The early voting clerk
shall order voting to be conducted at those times. [in those
elections 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.]