85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 25, Chapter 404 Page: 2 of 9
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H.B. No. 25
1 procedures as necessary for the implementation of the elimination2 of straight-party votin to ensure that voters and county
election
3 administrators are not burdened by the implementation.
SECTION 3.
Section 62.011(c),
Election
Code, is amended to
5 read as follows:
6 (c) The poster must include instructions applicable to the
7 election on:
8 (1) marking and depositing the ballot;
9 (2) voting for a write-in candidate;
0 (3) [
1 [4-)-] casting a provisional ballot;
2 [(5)until the expirat of Sction 13.122(d),voting
3 fort irct time by a peron whorgisteredby maifl] and'S
securing an additional ballot if the voter's
15 original ballot is spoiled.
SECTION 4.
Section 65.011,
Election
Code, is amended
17 read as follows:
Sec. 65.011.
OVERVOTING.
If [Except as aided by Section
19 65.997(c)
r-(6) , 44] a voter marks the ballot for more candidates
20 for
an office than the number of persons to be elected for that
21 office, none of the votes may be counted for that office.
SECTION 5.
Section 105.002(c),
Election Code,
is amended to
23 read as follows:
(c) The secretary
of state
shall prescribe the
form of the
25 ballot
to allow a voter to cast a vote in each federal, state, or
26 local race in the election. The ballot must allow a voter to write
27 in the name of a candidate [e
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 25, Chapter 404, legislative document, June 1, 2017; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1050589/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.