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Chapter 404
H.B. No. 25
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the elimination of straight-party voting.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
4 SECTION 1. The heading to Section 31.012, Election Code, is
5 amended to read as follows:
6 Sec. 31.012. VOTER [IDTIFICATION] EDUCATION.
7 SECTION 2. Section 31.012, Election Code, is amended by
8 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (d) to
9 read as follows:
10 (a) The secretary of state and the voter registrar of each
11 county that maintains a website shall provide notice of the
12 identification requirements for voting prescribed by Chapter 63 and
13 that straight ticket voting has been eliminated pursuant to H.B.
14 25, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 on each
15 entity's respective website in each language in which voter
16 registration and election materials are available. The secretary
17 of state shall prescribe the wording of the notice to be included on
18 the websites.
19 (b-1) As soon as practicable after September 1, 2020, the
20 secretary of state shall distribute electronically to each county
21 election administrator and the county chair of each political party
22 notice that straight ticket voting has been eliminated pursuant to
23 H.B. 25, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017.
24 (d) The secretary of state shall adopt rules and establish1
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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/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.