Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1375 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R5074 JON-F
2	2	By: Crockett H.B. No. 1375
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the selection of presidential electors.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 192.002(a), Election Code, is amended to
10	10	read as follows:
11	11	(a) To be eligible to serve as a presidential elector, a
12	12	person must:
13	13	(1) be a qualified voter of this state;
14	14	(2) be a resident of the congressional district the
15	15	person is chosen to represent, if the person is an elector
16	16	designated under Section 192.003(b)(2); and
17	17	(3) [(2)] not hold the office of United States
18	18	senator, United States representative, or any other federal office
19	19	of profit or trust.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 192.003, Election Code, is amended to
21	21	read as follows:
22	22	Sec. 192.003. METHOD OF BECOMING ELECTOR CANDIDATE. (a)
23	23	To become a presidential elector candidate, a person must be
24	24	nominated as a political party's elector candidate in accordance
25	25	with party rules or named as an elector candidate by an independent
26	26	or write-in candidate for president.
27	27	(b) The presidential elector candidates must be designated
28	28	as follows:
29	29	(1) two persons to serve as at-large electors from the
30	30	state; and
31	31	(2) one person to serve as an elector from each
32	32	congressional district.
33	33	SECTION 3. Section 192.005, Election Code, is amended to
34	34	read as follows:
35	35	Sec. 192.005. VOTE REQUIRED FOR ELECTION. An elector
36	36	candidate is elected if:
37	37	(1) for the persons designated under Section
38	38	192.003(b)(1), the candidates for president and vice-president
39	39	that correspond to the electors receive the most votes in the state;
40	40	and
41	41	(2) for a person designated under Section
42	42	192.003(b)(2), the candidates for president and vice-president
43	43	that correspond to the elector receive the most votes in the
44	44	congressional district the elector represents [The set of elector
45	45	candidates that is elected is the one that corresponds to the
46	46	candidates for president and vice-president receiving the most
47	47	votes].
48	48	SECTION 4. Section 192.007, Election Code, is amended to
49	49	read as follows:
50	50	Sec. 192.007. REPLACEMENT AFTER ELECTION. (a) The
51	51	electors meeting to vote for president and vice-president may
52	52	appoint a replacement elector as provided by Subsection (b) [by a
53	53	majority vote of the qualified electors present] if:
54	54	(1) the vacancy occurred before presidential election
55	55	day and a replacement was not chosen under Section 192.004;
56	56	(2) on or after presidential election day, an elector
57	57	is declared ineligible or dies; or
58	58	(3) the vacancy is declared under Section 192.006(c).
59	59	(b) A replacement elector is chosen by the majority vote of
60	60	the qualified electors present that correspond to the same
61	61	candidates for president and vice-president that received the most
62	62	votes in the area for which the replacement elector is chosen. If
63	63	there are no qualified electors present that correspond to the same
64	64	candidates for president and vice-president that received the most
65	65	votes in the area for which the replacement elector is chosen, a
66	66	replacement elector is chosen by the majority vote of all the
67	67	qualified electors present.
68	68	(c) The chair of the electors shall notify the secretary of
69	69	state of the name and residence address of a replacement elector
70	70	immediately on the replacement's appointment.
71	71	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.