Bill > SB2753

This bill proposes significant changes to Texas election procedures, focusing on integrating early voting and election day voting processes. The bill reduces the early voting period from 17 to 12 days before election day, explicitly includes Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays in early voting periods, and mandates that the main early voting polling place and branch polling locations also serve as polling places on election day. Key changes include requiring counties to post more detailed election results online, such as vote totals for each polling location, and modifying procedures for ballot handling, counting, and reporting. The bill standardizes early voting hours, requiring at least 12 consecutive hours of voting during the last four days of early voting (with nine hours on Sundays), and removes previous restrictions on weekend voting. Additionally, the bill simplifies ballot box management, specifies how early voting ballots should be processed and delivered, and updates various administrative procedures related to election record-keeping. The changes will apply to elections ordered after the Texas Secretary of State confirms counties are prepared to implement the new requirements, with a target implementation date of August 1, 2027, and the act taking effect on September 1, 2025.

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