83R10481 ATP-D
By: Simmons H.B. No. 3274
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the selection of election judges for countywide polling
places.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.002, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The commissioners court shall appoint election judges
for countywide polling places used as provided by Section 43.007 in
accordance with this section, except that the number of presiding
election judges affiliated or aligned with a political party as
compared to the number of total countywide polling places shall be
in proportion to the percentage of votes that party's nominee for
governor received in the county in the most recent gubernatorial
general election.
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, 2013.