By: Chisum H.B. No. 631
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to processing certain early voting ballots before election
day.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 87.0241, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the [The] board
may not count early voting ballots until:
(1) the polls open on election day; or
(2) in an election conducted by an authority of a
county with a population of 100,000 or more or conducted jointly
with such a county, the end of the period for early voting by
personal appearance.
(d) An early voting ballot board may establish a process for
removing data from voting machines used in early voting before the
polls open on election day if:
(1) the county will use the voting machines on
election day; and
(2) the secretary of state approves the process.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.