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