TX SB2209

Requires all elections in Texas to use hand-marked paper ballots, prohibiting election authorities from adopting any voting system that does not require hand-marked paper ballots

Eliminates references to voting machines, direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines, and ballot marking devices throughout the Election Code

Removes the countywide polling place program requirement that counties use DRE machines or ballot marking devices, limiting approved systems to hand-marked scannable paper ballots

Repeals Chapter 104 of the Election Code (governing voting machines) and Chapter 129 (governing testing of electronic voting system equipment), along with related definitions and provisions

Takes effect September 1, 2025, with transition provisions allowing election contests filed and offenses committed before that date to be governed by prior law