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TX HB4541

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Steve Toth

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a new "voting center" system where commissioners courts may establish polling places that serve multiple election precincts, with each voting center limited to serving no more than 5,000 registered voters

  • Requires that if multiple voting centers are created in a county, the smallest voting center must serve at least 95% of the voters served by the largest voting center, ensuring roughly equal distribution

  • Mandates that early voting polling places be established at every location where voting will take place on election day, expanding early voting access beyond current requirements

  • Eliminates the existing countywide polling place program (Section 43.007) and consolidated precinct system, replacing them with the new voting center framework

  • Requires election notices posted on county websites to include both voting center locations and the specific precincts assigned to each voting center

Legislative Description

Relating to the location of polling places during early voting and on election day.

County Government

Last Action

Referred to Elections

4/3/2025

Committee Referrals

Elections4/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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