84R19833 JRJ-D
By: Faircloth H.B. No. 3122
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to ballots counted by the early voting ballot board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 65.051(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The early voting ballot board shall verify and count
provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than
the ninth [seventh] day after the date of an election.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 87, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 87.127 to read as follows:
Sec. 87.127. RESOLUTION OF INCORRECT DETERMINATION BY EARLY
VOTING BALLOT BOARD. If a county election officer, as defined by
Section 31.091, determines a ballot was incorrectly rejected by the
early voting ballot board before the time set for convening the
canvassing authority, the county election officer may petition a
district court for injunctive or other relief as the court
determines appropriate.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.