TX HB4842

Information on ballots identifying the specific polling place where a voter cast their ballot is made confidential and exempt from public disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act, and county election officials may withhold this information without seeking an attorney general decision

Precinct chair elections are moved from primary election ballots to party conventions or other party meetings, where they must be elected using hand-marked paper ballots according to party rules

Combined election precincts must now contain between 2,000 and 5,000 registered voters (reduced from the previous maximum of 10,000), and any county's commissioners court may combine precincts regardless of population or participation in countywide polling place programs

Counties participating in the countywide polling place program must establish countywide polling places at each county election precinct, rather than being allowed to eliminate precinct polling places

Presiding judges must complete a reconciliation of the number of voters and votes cast when preparing election returns, and testing procedures for electronic poll lists must verify that precinct and ballot style information matches what is provided to voters