| 1 | 1 | | 88R1635 SGM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cain H.B. No. 3611 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain |
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| 8 | 8 | | elections. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Election Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 2.0215 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 2.0215. DETERMINATION OF MAJORITY VOTE. (a) In this |
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| 13 | 13 | | section, "preferential voting system" means a voting system which |
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| 14 | 14 | | permits a voter to rank each candidate through a numerical |
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| 15 | 15 | | designation from the candidate the voter favors most to the |
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| 16 | 16 | | candidate the voter favors least. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) In an election requiring a majority vote to be elected |
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| 18 | 18 | | to a public office, a candidate must receive more than half of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | votes as originally cast. A majority may not be determined by using |
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| 20 | 20 | | a preferential voting system to reassign votes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 2.022(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 22 | 22 | | read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) Sections 2.0215, 2.023, 2.025, and 2.028 supersede a law |
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| 24 | 24 | | outside this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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