Bill Text: TX SB412 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring a presidential elector to vote for the candidates for president and vice president who won the popular vote in this state for those offices.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-01 - Referred to State Affairs [SB412 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB412-Introduced.html
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| By: Bettencourt, Nichols | S.B. No. 412 | |
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| relating to requiring a presidential elector to vote for the | ||
| candidates for president and vice president who won the popular | ||
| vote in this state for those offices. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 192.003, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 192.003. METHOD OF BECOMING ELECTOR CANDIDATE. To | ||
| become a presidential elector candidate or alternate elector, a | ||
| person must be nominated as a political party's elector candidate | ||
| or alternate elector in accordance with party rules or named as an | ||
| elector candidate or alternate elector by an independent or | ||
| write-in candidate for president. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 192.006, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) The electors and alternate electors shall convene at the | ||
| State Capitol at 2 p.m. on the first Monday after the second | ||
| Wednesday in December following their election and shall perform | ||
| their duties as prescribed by federal law. | ||
| (d) An elector must cast a ballot for a candidate for | ||
| president or vice-president that corresponds to the candidates who | ||
| received the most votes cast in this state for those offices. An | ||
| attempt to cast a ballot in a manner other than the manner required | ||
| by this subsection: | ||
| (1) is not valid and is not considered a vote cast by | ||
| an elector; and | ||
| (2) creates a vacancy in the position of the elector | ||
| attempting to cast the ballot. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 192.007, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A replacement elector for a vacancy created under | ||
| Section 192.006(d)(2) must be from the list of alternate electors | ||
| described by Section 192.031(c) or 192.032(i). | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 192.008(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) In performing their official duties, presidential | ||
| electors and alternate electors are entitled to the same allowances | ||
| for travel expenses as those granted to state employees. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 192.031, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The party's state chair may provide a list of alternate | ||
| electors for a vacancy created under Section 192.006(d)(2) in a | ||
| number not to exceed the number of electors described by Subsection | ||
| (a)(2)(B). | ||
| SECTION 6. Section 192.032, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | ||
| (i) An independent candidate may provide a list of alternate | ||
| electors for a vacancy created under Section 192.006(d)(2) in a | ||
| number not to exceed the number of electors described by Subsection | ||
| (b)(2) of this section. | ||
| SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
