By: Goldman (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 2900
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
  May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 12, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to compliance with federal voting system standards.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 122.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  A voting system may not be used in an election unless the
  system:
               (1)  preserves the secrecy of the ballot;
               (2)  is suitable for the purpose for which it is
  intended;
               (3)  operates safely, efficiently, and accurately and
  complies with the [error rate standards of the] voting system
  standards adopted by the [Federal] Election Assistance Commission;
               (4)  is safe from fraudulent or unauthorized
  manipulation;
               (5)  permits voting on all offices and measures to be
  voted on at the election;
               (6)  prevents counting votes on offices and measures on
  which the voter is not entitled to vote;
               (7)  prevents counting votes by the same voter for more
  than one candidate for the same office or, in elections in which a
  voter is entitled to vote for more than one candidate for the same
  office, prevents counting votes for more than the number of
  candidates for which the voter is entitled to vote;
               (8)  prevents counting a vote on the same office or
  measure more than once;
               (9)  permits write-in voting;
               (10)  is capable of permitting straight-party voting;
  and
               (11)  is capable of providing records from which the
  operation of the voting system may be audited.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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