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| 1 | 1 | 85R3301 GRM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1637 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to requiring a canvassing authority to explain a | |
| 8 | 8 | discrepancy between the number of voters accepted and the ballots | |
| 9 | 9 | cast in an election. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 67.004, Election Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (g) The canvassing authority may not enter a tabulation | |
| 14 | 14 | under Subsection (c) or deliver a tabulation under Subsections (e) | |
| 15 | 15 | and (f) if a discrepancy between the total number of ballots cast in | |
| 16 | 16 | the precinct and the total number of voters who cast a ballot for a | |
| 17 | 17 | candidate or for or against a measure in the election in the | |
| 18 | 18 | precinct is greater than one percent until the presiding officer of | |
| 19 | 19 | the canvassing authority posts an explanation of the discrepancy on | |
| 20 | 20 | the canvassing authority's Internet website. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |