82R10440 SLB-D
By: Hernandez Luna H.B. No. 3223
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to voting after polls close.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.032, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b) If voters are waiting to enter the polling place at
closing time, the presiding judge shall direct them to enter the
polling place and shall close it to others. However, if that
procedure is impracticable, at closing time the presiding judge
shall compile a list of the names of each voter in line at the time
of closing [distribute numbered identification cards to the waiting
voters] and permit entry into the polling place for voting after
closing time only by a voter whose name appears on the list [those
possessing a card].
(d) The presiding judge shall make an announcement at 6:45
p.m. to voters waiting to enter the polling place that the time for
closing the polls is in 15 minutes.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.