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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to ballots counted by the early voting ballot board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 65.051(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The early voting ballot board shall verify and count |
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provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than |
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the ninth [seventh] day after the date of an election. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 87, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 87.127 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 87.127. RESOLUTION OF INCORRECT DETERMINATION BY EARLY |
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VOTING BALLOT BOARD. If a county election officer, as defined by |
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Section 31.091, determines a ballot was incorrectly rejected by the |
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early voting ballot board before the time set for convening the |
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canvassing authority, the county election officer may petition a |
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district court for injunctive or other relief as the court |
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determines appropriate. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |