Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 183
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Janury 2, 197 HOSE JURNA 18
(Article 4.11), relating to special
elections for United States Represen-
tative; adding Section 35a, relating
to an affidavit to be signed by all
voters in a bond election or other
election to lend credit, expend money,
or assume any debt, and providing
a penalty for giving false information
in the affidavit; amending Section 37
(Article 5.05), relating to absentee
voting, by amending Subdivision 2a,
relating to absentee voting by mem-
bers of the armed forces and other
organizations and accompanying in-
dividuals; by adding Subdivision 2b,
relating to furnishing of absentee bal-
lots and signing of the ballots by the
clerk; by amending Subdivision 11,
relating to posting of a list of per-
sons to whom absentee ballots have
been delivered, inspection by the pub-
lic of applications and registration
certificates, providing a criminal pen-
alty for voting absentee and also vot-
ing at the election on election day,
and requiring the clerk to deliver to
each presiding judge a list of applic-
ants for absentee voting for the
precinct; and by amending Subdivi-
sion 17, relating to allocation of ab-
sentee votes for determining precinct
representation in county conventions
and preservation of precinct lists of
absentee voters and persons voting
a limited ballot; adding Section 37a,
relating to voting by new residents
of the state in presidential elections;
adding Section 37b, relating to voting
by former residents of the state in
presidential elections; adding Section
37c, relating to voting by persons
having less than six months residence
in the county; adding Section 37d,
relating to general provisions on vot-
ing by persons not meeting full
residence requirements; amending
Section 40 (Article 5.08), relating to
rules for determining residence;
amending Subsection (f), Section 58
(Article 6.02), relating to a loyalty
affidavit; amending Section 61 (Arti-
cle 6.05), relating to the form of the
ballot; amending Section 61c (Arti-
cle 6.05c), relating to the order of
offices and names of candidates on
the ballot; adding Section 62a,
relating to write-in votes when the
title of the office voted for is not on
the ballot; amending Section 63 (Arti-
cle 6.07), relating to the method of
submission of constitutional amend-
ments and other questions; amending
Section 71 (Article 7.07), relating to
the composition and duties of the coun-ty election board; amending Section 79
(Article 7.14), relating to voting
machines, as follows: amending Sec-
tion 14, relating to instructions and
assistance for voters in the polls;
amending Section 18, relating to pro-
cedures after the polls are closed, for
recording the votes and reporting the
results of the election; and adding
Section 80, relating to electronic vot-
ing systems; amending Section 84
(Article 8.02), relating to procedures
preliminary to opening the polls at
polling places where paper ballots are
used; amending Section 101 (Article
8.19), relating to deposit and count-
ing of ballots; amending Section 104
(Article 8.22), relating to the death
or declination of a nominee or candid-
ate before an election; amending Sec-
tion 105 (Article 8.23), relating to
persons conducting an election reveal-
ing certain information before the
polls are closed; amending Section
109 (Article 8.27), relating to loiter-
ing, electioneering, and using a sound
truck within certain distances of the
polls; amending Section 114 (Article
8.32), relating to time for delivery
of returns and voted ballots to the
county clerk, period for retention,
and destruction of ballots, and con-
taining a penalty; amending Section
125 (Article 8.43), relating to the
county judge's certification of win-
ning candidates and the number of
precinct officers to the Secretary of
State; amending Section 179a (Arti-
cle 13.01a), defining who are mem-
bers of organized political parties and
containing a penalty; adding Section
166a, relating to a recount of paper
ballots in certain situations; amending
Section 182 (Article 13.04), relating
to polling places of political parties
in primary elections; amending Sec-
tion 185a (Article 13.07a), relating
to the deposit which must accompany
the application of a candidate for a
place on the ballot in a primary elec-
tion; amending Section 186 (Article
13.08), relating to assessment of can-
didates by county executive commit-
tees to defray costs of primary elec-
tions; amending Section 186a (Article
13.08a), relating to assessment of
candidates in counties having certain
populations; amending Section 186b
(Article 13.08b), relating to refund of
fees and assessments upon the death,
declination, withdrawal, or ineligibil-
ity of candidates in primary elections;
amending Section 187 (Article 13.09),
relating to the form of the primaryJanuary 26, 1967
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1967; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193874/m1/187/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.