Instead of a simple Run the Train thru the Halls of the Texas State Capitol, there was a sudden ALAMO INCIDENT. A Texas Democratic Walkout. Or was it INSURRECTION? TREASON? TREACHERY? What was it?

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! With all the BIG LIE Promotions that the Election Process was BROKEN in all 50 States. The only way to get your Voice heard is by having another ALAMO INCIDENT. And it happened.

Below is the Supposed SENATE BILL 7 that was an immediate Rally Cry for Trump at his Florida Golf Resort. Sir. We are with you all the way here in Texas.

But not everyone is running with Trump’s Big Lie. And most people wouldn’t either if they knew How he came up with it. And it is a BIG FAT LIE! It’s so damn Big that you’d thought it had been created in TEXAS. A Big Fat Texas Style Lie that has caused a Galvanized GOP not to even work with What America Wants. 92% of all Americans wanted the January 6 COMMISSION. That thing ain’t about Politics. People want a Truthful Accounting. What took place is one of the most troubling Events in out History. This is Not Servitude to Master Trump. But it appears to be. Is it?

But States all across America have rammed thru New Voting Laws after they once again are Submitting or Bowing to Master Trump. Or he might WHAT? WHAT MIGHT HE do to all these Scared Politicians if they don’t JUMP when he tells them to? Looks eerily like A Dictator to me. How about you? And he is know for his famous Tantrums. And somebody else was too in Germany.

And America is NOT HAPPY! BUT OUR UNHAPPINESS has been Birthed by ONE MAN and people believing whatever the shit he says. Jesus! Doesn’t it matter that he called on the phone in the early morning Hours to get Co-Conspirators in his BIG LIE Conspiracy before he went Public with it. Asking State Leaders if they were down for it. And if their People would buy into it. And then they all Chimed-in and he took the Big Lie Public. Yes, it was a covert effort. And still remains so. But now the Big Lie has been swallowed to the point that believers of it will never Admit anything else.

So, I make this Proposal-

Let Every American see Every single VOTE in the Presidential Election so that we all can come back to the same Table of Unity. Sure, a small number of Voting Screwups happen in every election. Some deliberate, but not the Huge Numbers that The Big Lie promotes that there was. But too many need a fresh Start where Truth can be found. The Truth. I want Total Transparency! And once done. If it proves one man is a Huge Liar, then he will Own that Title-The Biggest Liar of all times. And his doping Millions.

Texas has now proven it has Real Legislators who will Stand-Up to Injustice. They do not bend a knee or Bow to Trump. And They believe the New Voting Law not needed. How come our Voting was suddenly BROKEN in 2020. But good in 2016?

All Voting Systems were Fine in 2016 and yet, BROKEN in 2020. Man. That’s like feeding a kid a Bologna Sandwich and telling that kid that they were eating T-Bone Steak.

People want the entire sneaky Truths. They want Truths separated from Gossip.

Now one thing I found very disturbing with Texas Senate Bill 7. In other words, if your Mail-in Ballot gets delayed by the U.S. MAIL, Your VOTE WON’T COUNT! ITS DOWN THERE. please read it. It gets stick in a Locked Box only to be destroyed later.

(c)  If the return is not timely, the clerk shall enter the
	time of receipt on the carrier envelope and retain it in a locked
	container for the period for preserving the precinct election
	records. The clerk shall destroy the unopened envelope and its
	contents after the preservation period.

	By: Hughes, et al.	S.B. No. 7
	(In the Senate – Filed March 11, 2021; March 11, 2021, read
	first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	March 29, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 2; March 29, 2021,
	sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 7	By:  Hughes

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to elections, including election integrity and security;
	creating a criminal offense; providing civil penalties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	ARTICLE 1. VOTER REGISTRATION
	SECTION 1.01.  Chapter 42, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Article 42.0194 to read as follows:
	Art. 42.0194.  FINDING REGARDING FELONY CONVICTION. In the
	trial of a felony offense, if the defendant is 18 years of age or
	older and is adjudged guilty of the offense, the court shall:
	(1)  make an affirmative finding that the person has
	been found guilty of a felony and enter the affirmative finding in
	the judgment of the case; and
	(2)  instruct the defendant regarding how the felony
	conviction will impact the defendant’s right to vote in this state.
	SECTION 1.02.  Section 13.002, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  A registration application must require the applicant
	to affirmatively indicate all information provided on the
	application.
	SECTION 1.03.  Section 15.028, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 15.028.  NOTICE OF UNLAWFUL VOTING OR REGISTRATION [TO
	PROSECUTOR]. [(a)] If the registrar determines that a person who
	is not eligible to vote may have registered to vote or [a registered
	voter] voted in an election, the registrar shall execute and
	deliver to the attorney general, the secretary of state, and the
	county or district attorney having jurisdiction in the territory
	covered by the election an affidavit stating the relevant facts.
	[(b)If the election covers territory in more than one
	county, the registrar shall also deliver an affidavit to the
	attorney general.]
	SECTION 1.04.  Section 16.0332(a), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  After the registrar receives a list under Section 18.068
	of this code or Section 62.113, Government Code, of persons excused
	or disqualified from jury service or otherwise determined to be
	ineligible to vote because of citizenship status, the registrar
	shall deliver to each registered voter whose name appears on the
	list a written notice requiring the voter to submit to the registrar
	proof of United States citizenship in the form of a certified copy
	of the voter’s birth certificate, United States passport, or
	certificate of naturalization or any other form prescribed by the
	secretary of state.  The notice shall be delivered by forwardable
	mail to the mailing address on the voter’s registration application
	and to any new address of the voter known to the registrar.
	SECTION 1.05.  Section 18.065, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  The secretary of state shall monitor each registrar for
	substantial compliance with Sections 15.083, 16.032, 16.0332, and
	18.061 and with rules implementing the statewide computerized voter
	registration list.
	(e)  If a registrar fails to correct a violation within 30
	days of a notice under Subsection (b), the secretary of state shall
	correct the violation on behalf of the registrar.
	(f)  A registrar is liable to this state for a civil penalty
	of $100 for each violation corrected by the secretary of state under
	Subsection (e). The attorney general may bring an action to recover
	a civil penalty imposed under this section.
	(g)  A civil penalty collected by the attorney general under
	this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit
	of the general revenue fund.
	SECTION 1.06.  The changes in law made by this article apply
	only to an application for voter registration submitted on or after
	the effective date of this Act.
	ARTICLE 2. VOTING BY MAIL
	SECTION 2.01.  Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 84.0011 to read as follows:
	Sec. 84.0011.  SOLICITATION OF BALLOT BY MAIL APPLICATIONS
	PROHIBITED. The early voting clerk may make no attempt to solicit a
	person to complete an application for an early voting ballot by
	mail, whether directly or through a third party.
	SECTION 2.02.  Section 84.002, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  An application for a ballot to be voted by mail on the
	ground of disability must require the applicant to affirmatively
	indicate that the applicant agrees with the statement “I have a
	sickness or physical condition that prevents me from appearing at
	the polling place on election day without a likelihood of needing
	personal assistance or injuring my health,” as prescribed by
	Section 82.002(a).
	SECTION 2.03.  Section 84.011(a), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  The officially prescribed application form for an early
	voting ballot must include:
	(1)  immediately preceding the signature space the
	statement: “I certify that the information given in this
	application is true, and I understand that giving false information
	in this application is a state jail felony [crime].”;
	(2)  a statement informing the applicant of the
	offenses prescribed by Sections 84.003 and 84.004;
	(3)  spaces for entering an applicant’s voter
	registration number and county election precinct of registration,
	with a statement informing the applicant that failure to furnish
	that information does not invalidate the application; and
	(4)  on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail:
	(A)  a space for an applicant applying on the
	ground of absence from the county of residence to indicate the date
	on or after which the applicant can receive mail at the address
	outside the county;
	(B)  a space for indicating the fact that an
	applicant whose application is signed by a witness cannot make the
	applicant’s mark and a space for indicating the relationship or
	lack of relationship of the witness to the applicant;
	(C)  a space for entering an applicant’s telephone
	number, with a statement informing the applicant that failure to
	furnish that information does not invalidate the application;
	(D)  a space or box for an applicant applying on
	the ground of age or disability to indicate that the address to
	which the ballot is to be mailed is the address of a facility or
	relative described by Section 84.002(a)(3), if applicable;
	(E)  a space or box for an applicant applying on
	the ground of confinement in jail to indicate that the address to
	which the ballot is to be mailed is the address of a relative
	described by Section 84.002(a)(4), if applicable;
	(F)  a space for an applicant applying on the
	ground of age or disability to indicate if the application is an
	application under Section 86.0015;
	(G)  spaces for entering the signature, printed
	name, and residence address of any person assisting the applicant;
	(H)  a statement informing the applicant of the
	condition prescribed by Section 81.005; and
	(I)  a statement informing the applicant of the
	requirement prescribed by Section 86.003(c).
	SECTION 2.04.  Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 84.0111 to read as follows:
	Sec. 84.0111.  PROHIBITION ON DISTRIBUTION OF APPLICATION
	FORM. (a) Unless authorized by this code, an officer or employee
	of this state or of a political subdivision of this state may not
	distribute an application form for an early voting ballot to a
	person who did not request an application under Section 84.001.
	(b)  An officer or employee of this state or of a political
	subdivision of this state may not use public funds to facilitate the
	distribution by another person of an application form for an early
	voting ballot to a person who did not request an application under
	Section 84.001.
	SECTION 2.05.  Section 84.035, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 84.035.  BALLOT SENT TO APPLICANT. (a) If the early
	voting clerk cancels an application by an applicant to whom an early
	voting ballot has been sent, the clerk shall:
	(1)  remove the applicant’s name from the early voting
	roster; and
	(2)  make any other entries in the records and take any
	other action necessary to prevent the ballot from being counted if
	returned.
	(b)  A person to whom an early voting ballot has been sent who
	cancels the person’s application for a ballot to be voted by mail in
	accordance with Section 84.032 but fails to return the ballot to be
	voted by mail to the early voting clerk, deputy early voting clerk,
	or presiding judge as provided by that section may only vote a
	provisional ballot under Section 63.011.
	SECTION 2.06.  Section 86.0015, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (b-3) to read as follows:
	(b-3)  An application for a ballot to be voted by mail on the
	ground of disability under this section must include or be
	accompanied by:
	(1)  written documentation from the United States
	Social Security Administration or the United States Department of
	Veterans Affairs evidencing that the applicant has been determined
	to have a disability; or
	(2)  a certificate of a licensed physician or
	chiropractor or accredited Christian Science practitioner in
	substantially the following form:
	“This is to certify that I personally know that __________
	has a sickness or physical condition that will prevent him or her
	from appearing at a polling place without a likelihood of needing
	personal assistance or of injuring his or her health.
	“Witness my hand at __________, Texas, this __________ day of
	__________, 20___.
	________________________________
	(signature of physician,
	chiropractor, or practitioner)
	________________________________
	(printed name of physician,
	chiropractor, or practitioner)”
	SECTION 2.07.  Section 86.006, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection (a-2) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  A marked ballot voted under this chapter must be
	returned to the early voting clerk in the official carrier
	envelope. The carrier envelope may be delivered in another
	envelope and must be transported and delivered only by:
	(1)  mail;
	(2)  common or contract carrier; or
	(3)  subject to Subsections [Subsection] (a-1) and
	(a-2), in-person delivery by the voter who voted the ballot.
	(a-2)  An in-person delivery of a marked ballot voted under
	this chapter must be received at the time of delivery by a person. A
	ballot delivered in violation of this subsection may not be
	counted.
	(e)  Carrier envelopes may not be collected and stored at
	another location for subsequent delivery to the early voting clerk.
	The secretary of state shall prescribe appropriate procedures to
	implement this subsection and to provide accountability for the
	delivery of the carrier envelopes from the voting place to the early
	voting clerk. A ballot delivered in violation of this subsection
	may not be counted.
	SECTION 2.08.  Section 86.011(c), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(c)  If the return is not timely, the clerk shall enter the
	time of receipt on the carrier envelope and retain it in a locked
	container for the period for preserving the precinct election
	records. The clerk shall destroy the unopened envelope and its
	contents after the preservation period.
	SECTION 2.09.  Chapter 86, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Section 86.015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 86.015.  ELECTRONIC TRACKING OF APPLICATION FOR BALLOT
	VOTED BY MAIL OR BALLOT VOTED BY MAIL. (a) The secretary of state
	shall develop or otherwise provide an online tool to each early
	voting clerk that enables a person who submits an application for a
	ballot to be voted by mail to track the location and status of the
	person’s application and ballot on the secretary’s Internet website
	and on the county’s Internet website if the early voting clerk is
	the county clerk of a county that maintains an Internet website.
	(b)  The online tool developed or provided under Subsection
	(a) must require the voter to provide, before permitting the voter
	to access information described by that subsection:
	(1)  the voter’s name and registration address and the
	last four digits of the voter’s social security number; and
	(2)  the voter’s:
	(A)  driver’s license number; or
	(B)  personal identification card number issued
	by the Department of Public Safety.
	(c)  An online tool used under this section must update the
	applicable Internet website as soon as practicable after each of
	the following events occurs:
	(1)  receipt by the early voting clerk of the person’s
	application for a ballot to be voted by mail;
	(2)  acceptance or rejection by the early voting clerk
	of the person’s application for a ballot to be voted by mail;
	(3)  placement in the mail by the early voting clerk of
	the person’s official ballot;
	(4)  receipt by the early voting clerk of the person’s
	marked ballot; and
	(5)  acceptance or rejection by the early voting ballot
	board of a person’s marked ballot.
	(d)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules and prescribe
	procedures as necessary to implement this section.
	SECTION 2.10.  Section 87.027(i), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(i)  The signature verification committee shall compare the
	signature on each carrier envelope certificate, except those signed
	for a voter by a witness, with the signature on the voter’s ballot
	application to determine whether the signatures are those of the
	voter.  The committee may also compare the signatures with any
	known signature [two or more signatures] of the voter [made within
	the preceding six years and] on file with the county clerk or voter
	registrar to determine whether the signatures are those of the
	voter.  Except as provided by Subsection (l), a determination under
	this subsection that the signatures are not those of the voter must
	be made by a majority vote of the committee’s membership.  The
	committee shall place the jacket envelopes, carrier envelopes, and
	applications of voters whose signatures are not those of the voter
	in separate containers from those of voters whose signatures are
	those of the voter.  The committee chair shall deliver the sorted
	materials to the early voting ballot board at the time specified by
	the board’s presiding judge.
	SECTION 2.11.  Section 87.041(e), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(e)  In making the determination under Subsection (b)(2),
	the board may also compare the signatures with any known signature
	[two or more signatures] of the voter [made within the preceding six
	years and] on file with the county clerk or voter registrar to
	determine whether the signatures are those of the voter.
	SECTION 2.12.  Sections 87.062(a) and (c), Election Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  On the direction of the presiding judge, the early
	voting ballot board, in accordance with Section 85.032(b), shall
	open the containers [container] for the early voting ballots that
	are to be counted by the board, remove the contents from each [the]
	container, and remove any ballots enclosed in ballot envelopes from
	their envelopes.
	(c)  Ballots voted by mail shall be tabulated separately from
	the ballots voted by personal appearance and shall be separately
	reported on the returns [The results of all early voting ballots
	counted by the board under this subchapter shall be included in the
	same return].
	SECTION 2.13.  Section 87.103, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 87.103.  COUNTING BALLOTS AND PREPARING RETURNS. (a)
	The early voting electronic system ballots counted at a central
	counting station, the ballots cast at precinct polling places, and
	the ballots voted by mail shall be tabulated separately [from the
	ballots cast at precinct polling places] and shall be separately
	reported on the returns.
	(b)  The early voting returns prepared at the central
	counting station must include any early voting results obtained by
	the early voting ballot board under Subchapter [Subchapters] D [and
	E].
	SECTION 2.14.  Section 87.126, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  Electronic records made under this section shall
	record both sides of any application, envelope, or ballot recorded,
	and all such records shall be provided to the early voting ballot
	board, the signature verification committee, or both.
	SECTION 2.15.  The changes in law made by this article apply
	only to an application for an early voting ballot to be voted by
	mail that is submitted on or after the effective date of this Act.
	ARTICLE 3. ELECTION SECURITY
	SECTION 3.01.  Section 33.006(b), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  A certificate of appointment must:
	(1)  be in writing and signed by the appointing
	authority or, for an appointment for a write-in candidate under
	Section 33.004, by each of the voters making the appointment;
	(2)  indicate the capacity in which the appointing
	authority is acting;
	(3)  state the name, residence address, and voter
	registration number of the appointee and be signed by the
	appointee;
	(4)  identify the election and the precinct polling
	place or other location at which the appointee is to serve; and
	(5)  in an election on a measure, identify the measure
	if more than one is to be voted on and state which side of the
	measure the appointee represents[; and
	[(6)contain an affidavit executed by the appointee
	stating that the appointee will not have possession of a device
	capable of recording images or sound or that the appointee will
	disable or deactivate the device while serving as a watcher].
	SECTION 3.02.  Section 33.051(c), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(c)  [A watcher may not be accepted for service if the
	watcher has possession of a device capable of recording images or
	sound unless the watcher agrees to disable or deactivate the
	device.] The presiding judge may inquire whether a watcher has
	possession of a [any prohibited] recording device before accepting
	the watcher for service.
	SECTION 3.03.  Section 33.056, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read
	as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Section 33.057, a watcher is
	entitled to observe any activity conducted at the location at which
	the watcher is serving. A watcher is entitled to sit or stand
	[conveniently] near enough to see and hear the election officers
	conducting the observed activity, except as otherwise prohibited by
	this chapter.
	(e)  Except as provided by Section 33.057(b), a watcher may
	not be denied free movement within the location at which the watcher
	is serving.
	(f)  In this code, a watcher who is entitled to “observe” an
	activity is entitled to sit or stand near enough to see and hear the
	activity.
	SECTION 3.04.  Section 33.061, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  An offense under Subsection (a) includes an action taken
	to distance or obstruct the view of a watcher in a way that makes
	observation reasonably ineffective.
	SECTION 3.05.  Section 43.007, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (m) and adding Subsections (m-1), (m-2), and
	(q) to read as follows:
	(m)  In adopting a methodology under Subsection (f), the
	county must ensure that:
	(1)  in a county with a population of less than one
	million:
	(A)  each county commissioners precinct contains
	at least one countywide polling place; and
	(B)  the deviation in the percentage of the total
	number of countywide polling places located in a commissioners
	precinct does not vary by more than one percentage point in a
	precinct; and
	(2)  in a county with a population of one million or
	more, the number of polling places located in each state
	representative district included in the territory of the county is
	calculated by dividing the number of voters residing in that
	district by the total number of voters residing in the county and
	using the number generated as a percentage to allocate the same
	percentage of polling place locations, rounding up to the nearest
	whole number, if necessary [the total number of permanent branch
	and temporary branch polling places open for voting in a county
	commissioners precinct does not exceed more than twice the number
	of permanent branch and temporary branch polling places in another
	county commissioners precinct].
	(m-1)  In making a calculation under Subsection (m), voter
	data from the most recent election shall be used.
	(m-2)  Election officials and voting equipment, materials,
	and supplies must be allocated to each polling place based on the
	same percentage as polling place locations are determined under
	Subsection (m) with no greater than a five percent deviation in the
	allocation between polling place locations. Each polling place
	location must be able to accommodate 100 percent of the equipment
	allocated to be operational at the same time.
	(q)  Each countywide polling place in a county must have
	approximately the same number of voting machines as each other
	countywide polling place in the county.
	SECTION 3.06.  Section 43.031(b), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  Each polling place shall be located inside a building.
	A polling place may not be located in a tent or other temporary
	moveable structure or in a facility primarily designed for motor
	vehicles. No voter may cast a vote from inside a motor vehicle
	unless the voter meets the requirements of Section 64.009.
	SECTION 3.07.  Section 61.014, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
	read as follows:
	(a)  A person, other than a watcher using the device solely
	to record image or sound as permitted under Subsection (b), may not
	use a wireless communication device within 100 feet of a voting
	station.
	(b)  A person, other than a watcher, may not use a [any]
	mechanical or electronic device to record [means of recording]
	images or sound at a polling place. A watcher may use such a device
	to record images or sound at a polling place, except that a watcher
	may record activity [within 100 feet] of a voter at a voting station
	only if the voter is receiving assistance the watcher reasonably
	believes to be unlawful.
	(b-1)  A recording made by a watcher under Subsection (b) may
	not capture or record any information on a voter’s ballot.
	SECTION 3.08.  Section 64.007(c), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(c)  An election officer shall maintain a register of spoiled
	ballots at the polling place, including spoiled ballots from a
	direct recording electronic voting unit. An election officer shall
	enter on the register the name of each voter who returns a spoiled
	ballot and the spoiled ballot’s number.
	SECTION 3.09.  Section 64.009, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1), (e), (f),
	(g), and (h) to read as follows:
	(b)  The regular voting procedures, except those in
	Subchapter B, may be modified by the election officer to the extent
	necessary to conduct voting under this section.
	(b-1)  A person other than the voter is only permitted to be
	inside the motor vehicle while the voter votes if the person would
	be entitled to accompany the voter to the voting station under other
	law.
	(e)  Except as provided by Section 33.057, a poll watcher is
	entitled to observe any activity conducted under this section.
	(f)  A person who assists three or more voters voting under
	this section by providing the voters with transportation to the
	polling place must complete and sign a form that contains the
	person’s name and address and whether the person is providing
	assistance solely under this section or under both this section and
	Subchapter B.
	(g)  A form completed under Subsection (f) shall be delivered
	to the secretary of state as soon as practicable. The secretary
	shall retain a form delivered under this section for the period for
	preserving the precinct election records and shall make the form
	available to the attorney general for inspection upon request.
	(h)  The secretary of state shall prescribe the form
	described by Subsection (f).
	SECTION 3.10.  Subchapter B, Chapter 64, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 64.0322 to read as follows:
	Sec. 64.0322.  SUBMISSION OF FORM BY ASSISTANT. (a) A
	person, other than an election officer, who assists a voter in
	accordance with this chapter is required to complete a form
	stating:
	(1)  the name and address of the person assisting the
	voter;
	(2)  the manner in which the person assisted the voter;
	(3)  the reason the assistance was necessary; and
	(4)  the relationship of the assistant to the voter.
	(b)  The secretary of state shall prescribe the form required
	by this section. The form must be incorporated into the official
	carrier envelope if the voter is voting an early voting ballot by
	mail and receives assistance under Section 86.010, or must be
	submitted to an election officer at the time the voter casts a
	ballot if the voter is voting at a polling place or under Section
	64.009.
	SECTION 3.11.  Section 66.052, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 66.052.  DELIVERY BY ELECTION CLERK; CHAIN OF CUSTODY.
	(a) A delivery of election records or supplies that is to be
	performed by the presiding judge may be performed by an election
	clerk designated by the presiding judge.
	(b)  The presiding judge or an election clerk designated by
	the presiding judge under this section must keep records of each
	person that has custody of a precinct election record until the
	records are delivered.
	SECTION 3.12.  Sections 66.058(b) and (g), Election Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  For a period of at least 60 days after the date of the
	election, or until any election contest is resolved, whichever is
	longer, the voted ballots shall be preserved securely in a locked
	room in the locked ballot box in which they are delivered to the
	general custodian of election records. On the 61st day after
	election day, or the day an election contest is resolved, whichever
	is later, the general custodian of election records may:
	(1)  require a person who has possession of a key that
	operates the lock on a ballot box containing voted ballots to return
	the key to the custodian; and
	(2)  unlock the ballot box and transfer the voted
	ballots to another secure container for the remainder of the
	preservation period.
	(g)  Electronic records created under Chapter 129 shall be
	preserved in a secure container. An electronic device used to store
	records may not be altered in any manner as to delete or overwrite
	the records during the preservation period.
	SECTION 3.13.  Section 85.005, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 85.005.  REGULAR DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING. (a)  Except
	as provided by Subsection (c), in an election in which a county
	clerk [or city secretary] is the early voting clerk under Section
	83.002 [or 83.005], early voting by personal appearance at the main
	early voting polling place shall be conducted on each weekday of
	[the weekdays of] the early voting period that is not a legal state
	holiday and for a period of at least nine hours, except that voting
	may not be conducted earlier than 6 a.m. or later than 9 p.m.
	[during the hours that the county clerk’s or city secretary’s main
	business office is regularly open for business.]
	(b)  In an election to which Subsection (a) does not apply,
	early voting by personal appearance at the main early voting
	polling place shall be conducted at least nine [eight] hours each
	weekday of the early voting period that is not a legal state holiday
	unless the territory covered by the election has fewer than 1,000
	registered voters. In that case, the voting shall be conducted at
	least four [three] hours each day. The authority ordering the
	election, or the county clerk if that person is the early voting
	clerk, shall determine which hours the voting is to be conducted.
	(c)  In a county with a population of 30,000 [100,000] or
	more, the voting in a primary election or the general election for
	state and county officers shall be conducted at the main early
	voting polling place for [at least] 12 hours on each weekday of the
	last week of the early voting period, and the voting in a special
	election ordered by the governor shall be conducted at the main
	early voting polling place for [at least] 12 hours on each of the
	last two days of the early voting period. Voting under this
	subsection may not be conducted earlier than 6 a.m. or later than 9
	p.m. Voting shall be conducted in accordance with this subsection
	in those elections in a county with a population under 30,000
	[100,000] on receipt by the early voting clerk of a written request
	for the extended hours submitted by at least 15 registered voters of
	the county. The request must be submitted in time to enable
	compliance with Section 85.067.
	[(d)In an election ordered by a city, early voting by
	personal appearance at the main early voting polling place shall be
	conducted for at least 12 hours:
	[(1) on one weekday, if the early voting period consists
	of less than six weekdays; or
	[(2) on two weekdays, if the early voting period
	consists of six or more weekdays.]
	SECTION 3.14.  Section 85.006(b), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  In an election in which a county clerk [or city
	secretary] is the early voting clerk under Section 83.002 [or
	83.005], only the early voting clerk may order voting on a Saturday
	or Sunday.  The clerk must do so by written order.
	SECTION 3.15.  Section 85.010(a-1), Election Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a-1)  In this section, “eligible county polling place”
	means an early voting polling place[, other than a polling place
	established under Section 85.062(e),] established by a county.
	SECTION 3.16.  Section 85.061(a), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  In a countywide election in which the county clerk is
	the early voting clerk under Section 83.002, an early voting
	polling place shall be located inside [at] each branch office that
	is regularly maintained for conducting general clerical functions
	of the county clerk, except as provided by Subsection (b). If a
	suitable room is unavailable inside the branch office, the polling
	place may be located in another room inside the same building as the
	branch office. The polling place may not be located in a tent or
	other temporary movable structure or a parking garage, parking lot,
	or similar facility designed primarily for motor vehicles.
	SECTION 3.17.  Section 85.062(b), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  A polling place established under this section may be
	located, subject to Subsection (d), at any place in the territory
	served by the early voting clerk and may be located inside [in] any
	building [stationary structure] as directed by the authority
	establishing the branch office. The polling place may not be
	located in a tent or other temporary movable structure or a parking
	garage, parking lot, or similar facility designed primarily for
	motor vehicles in the general election for state and county
	officers, general primary election, or runoff primary election.
	Ropes or other suitable objects may be used at the polling place to
	ensure compliance with Section 62.004. Persons who are not
	expressly permitted by law to be in a polling place shall be
	excluded from the polling place to the extent practicable.
	SECTION 3.18.  Section 124.002, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  Voting system ballots may not be arranged in a manner
	that allows a political party’s candidates to be selected in one
	motion or gesture.
	SECTION 3.19.  Subchapter A, Chapter 125, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 125.0071 to read as follows:
	Sec. 125.0071.  VOTER ALLOWED TO CAST BALLOT AT ANY TIME. A
	voting machine or ballot marking device must allow a voter the
	option to cast or complete the voter’s ballot without voting on all
	races or measures if the voter affirmatively chooses to do so.
	SECTION 3.20.  Subchapter A, Chapter 127, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 127.008 to read as follows:
	Sec. 127.008.  ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN CENTRAL COUNTING
	STATION. (a) A counting station manager and the presiding judge of
	the counting station shall develop a protocol under which any
	electronic device inside a central counting station that is
	necessary to count votes is equipped with software that tracks all
	input and activity on the electronic device.
	(b)  The counting station manager and the presiding judge of
	the counting station shall ensure that the input and activity
	tracked by the software is printed and delivered to the secretary of
	state not later than the fifth day after vote counting is complete.
	SECTION 3.21.  Section 127.1232, Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 127.1232.  SECURITY OF VOTED BALLOTS. (a) The general
	custodian of election records shall post a licensed peace officer
	[guard] to ensure the security of ballot boxes containing voted
	ballots throughout the period of tabulation at the central counting
	station.
	(b)  The general custodian of election records may implement
	a video surveillance system that retains a record of all areas
	containing voted ballots from the time the voted ballots are
	delivered to the central counting station until the canvass of
	precinct election returns.  The video may be made available to the
	public by a livestream.
	(c)  The video recorded is an election record under Section
	1.012 and shall be retained by the general custodian of election
	records until the end of the calendar year in which an election is
	held or until an election contest filed in the county has been
	resolved, whichever is later.
	SECTION 3.22.  Subchapter A, Chapter 129, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 129.003 to read as follows:
	Sec. 129.003.  PAPER AUDIT TRAIL REQUIRED. (a) In this
	section, “auditable voting system” means a voting system that:
	(1)  uses a paper record; or
	(2)  produces a paper record by which a voter can verify
	that the voter’s ballot will be counted accurately.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), a voting system
	that consists of direct recording electronic voting machines may
	not be used in an election unless the system is an auditable voting
	system.
	(c)  Except for a recount under Title 13, the electronic vote
	is the official record of the ballot. For a recount of ballots cast
	on a system involving direct recording electronic voting machines,
	the paper record is the official record of the vote cast.
	(d)  An authority that purchased a voting system other than
	an auditable voting system after September 1, 2016, and before
	September 1, 2021, may use available federal funding and, if
	federal funding is not available, available state funding to
	retrofit the purchased voting system as an auditable voting system
	in accordance with the following schedule:
	(1)  if the voting system was retrofitted as an
	auditable voting system not later than the election taking place
	November 8, 2022, the authority is eligible to have 100 percent of
	the cost of retrofitting reimbursed under this section; and
	(2)  if the authority is not eligible for a 100 percent
	reimbursement of cost under Subdivision (1) and the voting system
	was retrofitted as an auditable voting system not later than the
	election taking place November 3, 2026, the authority is eligible
	to have 50 percent of the cost of retrofitting reimbursed under this
	section.
	(e)  Subsections (a)-(c) do not apply to an election held
	before September 1, 2026.
	SECTION 3.23.  Section 129.023, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (b-2) and (c-1) to read as follows:
	(b-2)  If the test is being conducted for an election in
	which a county election board has been established under Section
	51.002, the general custodian of election records shall notify each
	member of the board of the test at least 48 hours before the date of
	the test. If the county election board chooses to witness the test,
	each member shall sign the statement required by Subsection (e)(1).
	(c-1)  A test conducted under this section must also require
	the general custodian of election records to demonstrate, using a
	representative sample of voting system equipment, that the source
	code of the equipment has not been altered.
	SECTION 3.24.  Section 216.001, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 216.001.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. (a) Except as
	provided by Subsection (b), this [This] chapter applies only to an
	election that results in a tie vote as provided by Sections
	2.002(i), 2.023(b) and (c), and 2.028.
	(b)  If the results of an election show that the number of
	votes cast in an election precinct exceeds the number of registered
	voters in the precinct, the authority designated under Section
	212.026 shall initiate an automatic recount for that precinct in
	accordance with this chapter.
	SECTION 3.25.  Section 81.032, Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 81.032.  ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. (a) The
	commissioners court may accept a donation of labor or services,
	gift, grant, donation, bequest, or devise of money or other
	property on behalf of the county, including a donation under
	Chapter 38, Government Code, for the purpose of performing a
	function conferred by law on the county or a county officer.
	(b)  The commissioners court may not accept a donation
	described in Subsection (a) of over $1,000 for use in administering
	elections without the written consent of the secretary of state.
	(c)  The secretary of state may grant consent under
	Subsection (b) only if:
	(1)  the secretary consults with the governor, the
	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
	representatives on the proposed donation; and
	(2)  the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the
	speaker of the house of representatives unanimously agree to the
	secretary’s grant of consent.
	SECTION 3.26.  The changes in law made by this article apply
	only to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this
	Act.  An election ordered before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect when the election was ordered, and the
	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	ARTICLE 4. ENFORCEMENT
	SECTION 4.01.  Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Sections 31.126 and 31.127 to read as follows:
	Sec. 31.126.  RESTRICTION ON ELIGIBILITY. (a) In this
	section, “election official” means:
	(1)  a county clerk;
	(2)  a permanent or temporary deputy county clerk;
	(3)  an elections administrator;
	(4)  a permanent or temporary employee of an elections
	administrator;
	(5)  an election judge;
	(6)  an alternate election judge;
	(7)  an early voting clerk;
	(8)  a deputy early voting clerk;
	(9)  an election clerk;
	(10)  the presiding judge of an early voting ballot
	board;
	(11)  the alternate presiding judge of an early voting
	ballot board;
	(12)  a member of an early voting ballot board;
	(13)  the chair of a signature verification committee;
	(14)  the vice chair of a signature verification
	committee;
	(15)  a member of a signature verification committee;
	(16)  the presiding judge of a central counting
	station;
	(17)  the alternate presiding judge of a central
	counting station;
	(18)  a central counting station manager;
	(19)  a central counting station clerk;
	(20)  a tabulation supervisor; and
	(21)  an assistant to a tabulation supervisor.
	(b)  A person may not serve as an election official if the
	person has been finally convicted of an offense under Section
	33.061.
	Sec. 31.127.  CIVIL PENALTY. (a) In this section, “election
	official” has the meaning assigned by Section 31.126.
	(b)  An election official may be liable to this state for a
	civil penalty if the official:
	(1)  is employed by or is an officer of this state or a
	political subdivision of this state; and
	(2)  violates a provision of this code.
	(c)  A civil penalty imposed under this section may include
	termination of the person’s employment and loss of the person’s
	employment benefits.
	SECTION 4.02.  Section 33.051, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  An election officer commits an offense if the officer
	knowingly refuses to accept a watcher for service whose acceptance
	is required by this code. An offense under this section is a Class A
	misdemeanor.
	SECTION 4.03.  Subchapter C, Chapter 33, Election Code, is
	amended by adding Section 33.062 to read as follows:
	Sec. 33.062.  INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. A watcher, or the
	appointing authority for a watcher, is entitled to injunctive
	relief under Section 273.081 to enforce this chapter, including
	issuance of temporary orders.
	SECTION 4.04.  Section 87.0431(b), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b)  The early voting clerk shall, not later than the 30th
	day after election day, deliver notice to the attorney general,
	including certified copies of the carrier envelope and
	corresponding ballot application, of any ballot rejected because:
	(1)  the voter was deceased;
	(2)  the voter already voted in person in the same
	election;
	(3)  the signatures on the carrier envelope and ballot
	application were not executed by the same person;
	(4)  the carrier envelope certificate lacked a witness
	signature; [or]
	(5)  the carrier envelope certificate was improperly
	executed by an assistant; or
	(6)  any form of voter fraud was committed.
	SECTION 4.05.  Section 232.006(a), Election Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  The venue of an election contest for a statewide office
	is in Travis County or any county where a contestee resided at the
	time of the election. For purposes of this section, a contestee’s
	residence is determined under Section 411.0257, Government Code.
	SECTION 4.06.  Chapter 232, Election Code, is amended by
	adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER C. CONTEST INVOLVING ALLEGED FRAUD
	Sec. 232.061.  PETITION ALLEGING FRAUD. This subchapter
	applies to an election contest in which the contestant alleges in
	the petition that an opposing candidate, an agent of the opposing
	candidate, or a person acting on behalf of the opposing candidate
	with the candidate’s knowledge committed election fraud under any
	of the following sections of this code:
	(1)  Section 13.007;
	(2)  Section 64.012;
	(3)  Section 64.036;
	(4)  Section 84.003;
	(5)  Section 84.0041;
	(6)  Section 86.0051;
	(7)  Section 86.006;
	(8)  Section 86.010; or
	(9)  Section 276.013.
	Sec. 232.062.  EVIDENTIARY STANDARD. A contestant must
	prove an allegation described by Section 232.061 by a preponderance
	of the evidence.
	Sec. 232.063.  CIVIL PENALTY. (a) If the court in its
	judgment finds that the contestee, an agent of the contestee, or a
	person acting on behalf of the contestee with the contestee’s
	knowledge committed one or more violations of a section described
	by Section 232.061, the contestee is liable to this state for a
	civil penalty of $1,000 for each violation.
	(b)  A penalty collected under this section by the attorney
	general shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of
	the general revenue fund.
	Sec. 232.064.  ATTORNEY’S FEES. In an election contest to
	which this subchapter applies, the court may award reasonable
	attorney’s fees to the prevailing party.
	SECTION 4.07.  (a) The changes in law made by this article
	apply only to an election contest for which the associated election
	occurred after the effective date of this Act.
	(b)  The changes in law made by this article apply only to an
	election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.  An
	election ordered before the effective date of this Act is governed
	by the law in effect when the election was ordered, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	ARTICLE 5. REPEALER AND EFFECTIVE DATE
	SECTION 5.01.  Section 85.062(e), Election Code, is
	repealed.
	SECTION 5.02.  The secretary of state is required to
	implement Section 86.015, Election Code, as added by this Act, only
	if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that
	purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money
	specifically for that purpose, the secretary of state may, but is
	not required to, implement Section 86.015, Election Code, using
	other appropriations available for that purpose.
	SECTION 5.03.  Subject to Section 5.02 of this Act, this Act
	takes effect September 1, 2021.
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