87R5486 TSS-D
By: Klick H.B. No. 2347
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to voting after polls close during early voting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 85, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 85.0055 to read as follows:
Sec. 85.0055. VOTING AFTER POLLS CLOSE. (a) A voter who
has not voted before the time for closing an early voting polling
place is entitled to vote after that time if the voter is inside or
waiting to enter the polling place at closing time.
(b) If voters are waiting to enter the polling place at
closing time, the presiding judge shall direct them to enter the
polling place and shall close it to others. However, if that
procedure is impracticable, at closing time the presiding judge
shall distribute numbered identification cards to the waiting
voters and permit entry into the polling place for voting after
closing time only by those possessing a card.
(c) The presiding judge shall take the precautions
necessary to prevent voting after closing time by persons who are
not entitled to do so.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.