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• There's an elected official.
• For that election, we had to run a whole election.
• versus a general election.
• Of cost in the elections.
• After the 2020 election.

Bills: HB376, HB817, HB 1297, HB1478, HB1661, HB1783

Keywords: HB 817, Texas Election Code, majority vote, majority threshold, ranked-choice voting, preferential voting, instant runoff voting, vote reassignment, ballot ranking, election administration, public office election, Election Code Section 2.0215, runoff elections, plurality vs majority, voting systems, education reform, budget allocation, teacher retention, student performance, accountability measures

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• So having right now for a full, a large election, not a prop election, an off-election year, for the
• So having right now for a full, a large election, not a prop election, an off election year, for the
• election dates and reducing standalone elections.
• or a primary election or a special election?
• or a, I mean, a primary election or a special election.

Bills: HB117, HB228, HB250, HB260, HB393, HB400, HB446, HB534, HB551, HB576, HB842

Keywords: Department of State, statutory entities, re-creation, termination, Louisiana laws, Department of State Civil Service, Louisiana legislation, government re-creation, authority termination, financial disclosure, public servants, ethics, immediate family, transparency, legislators, transportation, foreign travel, cultural exchange, public service, HB393

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• Moving the election date.
• To do Election Day also.
• Election period.
• to ask the election officials questions regarding the election.
• election is canvassed.

Bills: HB311, SB447, SB505, SB2217, SB2753, HB311

Keywords: voter registration, electronic, Texas election law, Signature verification, DPS, internet application, Texas Election Code, signature verification, online application, data security, electronic application, Department of Public Safety, information security, electronic voter registration, voting technology, voter access, state election laws, digital signature, election irregularities, audit

Bills: HB143, HB4530, HB4931, HB5559, HB5560

Keywords: election, bonds, authorization, financial governance, public funding, HB 143, bond election, debt authorization, November uniform election date, Texas Election Code, emergency election, voter approval, municipal bonds, local government finance, public debt, school bonds, special election, uniform election date, bond issuance, water rights

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• In elections.
• on election day.
• the election.
• of an election.
• The timing for our elections isn't just the 30 days before the election.

Bills: HB304, HB401, HB556, HB1475, HB1489, HB2259, HB2424, HB2773, HB2811, HB3323, HB304

Keywords: voter ID, citizenship proof, provisional ballot, election security, Texas, voting rights, deep fakes, misleading videos, election integrity, criminal offense, digital misinformation, deep fake, political manipulation, misinformation, artificial media, political influence, artificially generated media, election influence, Texas Election Code, healthcare reform

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• Which mainly really meant that he was one of the first Black senators really elected because we know
• the reasons that Black people were elected during Reconstruction.
• . election. election.
• I've been an elected official since 1985.
• </c><00:25:58.000><c> laws</c> make any changes to any uh election laws make any changes to any uh election

Bills: HB1

Keywords: HB1, Alabama, elections, primary election, special primary, runoff, congressional districts, redistricting, reapportionment, district boundaries, federal court, injunction, judgment, Governor proclamation, nominee certification, party nominee, general election 2026, election calendar, voting rights, congressional race

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• </c> special election. special election.
• </c> an election. an election.
• . election. election.
• </c> an election now. an election now.
• </c> election. Sir? election. Sir?

Bills: HB1

Keywords: HB1, Alabama, elections, primary election, special primary, runoff, congressional districts, redistricting, reapportionment, district boundaries, federal court, injunction, judgment, Governor proclamation, nominee certification, party nominee, general election 2026, election calendar, voting rights, congressional race

Bills: HB429, HB496, HB640, HB657, HB665, HB677, HB952

Keywords: Texas Election Code, elections, voting station, polling place, ballot marking, ballot reading, child accompaniment, minor, parental supervision, voter education, secretary of state, county election administrator, voter assistance, election administration, poll worker rules, ballot secrecy, HB 496, ballot option, none of the above, abstain from vote

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• don't want for people to know the struggles that they are going through and sometimes when we get elected

Bills: HB163, HB 296

Keywords: judicial liability, personal bond, felony offenses, judges, criminal justice reform, voter registration, election procedures, change of address, residence requirements, Texas Election Code, Texas election law, residence address, precinct voting, county move, same-county move, Election Code, registrar, statement of residence, polling place, local elections

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• Uh, whether anything happens or not, I mean, we're, we're inflicting a penalty on the entire elected
• sessions during certain periods, for example, 60 days after a regular session, 60 days before an election
• You may recall 2217 was a was a bill that dealt with how we report election results and how procedures
• They get within the 30 day window before the election. They're already registered to vote.
• The election administrators brought this to the house because the law was kind of fuzzy before.

Bills: SB 53, SB 54, HB16, SB 19

Keywords: voter registration, election procedures, provisional ballot, change of address, residence requirements, Texas Election Code, voting rights, judicial administration, court reform, juvenile diversion, court security, mental health services, drug offenses, constitutional amendments, political contributions, special legislative session, election code, transparency, campaign finance, election law

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• the election.
• Election officials in Texas are entrusted with implementing our elections and election procedures in
• So you've followed elections, the election process?
• of election staff, election judges, and election clerks.
• The election officials and the election...

Bills: HB569, HB766, HB1638, HB2316, HB2773, HB2785, HB3113, HB3709, HB3775, HB4275

Keywords: early voting, ballot correction, voting rights, election integrity, mail-in voting, voter notification, HB 766, precinct chair, precinct chair candidate, ballot application, Texas Election Code, Section 172.021, election administration, candidate filing, party precinct chair, county party, political party office, email address, telephone number, confidential candidate information

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• I mean, we're inflicting a penalty on the entire elected body by doing this.
• Rules that the judges are when they run for election or reelection.
• For example, 60 days after a regular session, or 60 days before an election.
• It was a bill that dealt with how we report election results and how procedures are conducted.
• The election administrators brought this to the House because the law was kind of fuzzy before.

Bills: SB 53, SB 54, HB16, SB 19

Keywords: voter registration, election procedures, provisional ballot, change of address, residence requirements, Texas Election Code, voting rights, judicial administration, court reform, juvenile diversion, court security, mental health services, drug offenses, constitutional amendments, political contributions, special legislative session, election code, transparency, campaign finance, election law

Bills: HB18, SB54

Keywords: voter registration, change of address, election procedures, Texas Election Code, voting rights

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• I believe under the election code right now, a challenge doesn't result in an automatic cancellation.
• One of the election codes currently allows a registrar to cancel registration based on personal knowledge
• Not just for elected officials, judges, or future elected officials or judges.
• And that pride didn’t go away after that first election; that’s how I feel in every election.
• Election officials and yourself.

Bills: HB2442, HB3697, HB4288, HB5256, HB5337, HB5362, HJR161

Keywords: HB 2442, Texas Election Code, Election Code Section 84.001, early voting, ballot by mail, mail ballot, absentee voting, runoff election, primary runoff, general runoff, voter application, election administration, county election officials, opt-out, voter choice, mail voting, ballot application, voting by mail, Election Code, size requirements

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• sends a notification to our Department of Public Safety that the person has moved and that DPS should cancel
• associate judge, for those that may not know, so those associate judges, those are appointed by the elected

Bills: SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37

Keywords: voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity

Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs met and heard several bills related to legislative process and court jurisdiction. Senate Bill 1386, by Senator Huffman, would change compelled legislative testimony from blanket transactional immunity to testimonial immunity, allowing compelled statements or documents to be used against a witness in criminal prosecution only if not derived from the compelled testimony, while preserving protection against perjury and false statements and retaining the right to counsel. No public witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1470, by Chairman Hughes, which would require DPS to share existing data on cross-state driver’s license cancellations with the Secretary of State for voter-roll maintenance. Hughes said the bill does not create new data collection and is intended to improve list maintenance. A DPS resource witness was present, there was no substantive opposition, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1210, also by Hughes, would address conflicts between the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals on constitutional questions by making the Supreme Court the final arbiter in limited circumstances. Chris Hilton supported the bill, but Allen Place, Jack Rohde, and Philip Furlow opposed it, arguing it was unconstitutional, unnecessary, and could create practical problems in criminal post-conviction litigation. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 311, which would conform the Government Code to the Texas Constitution by clarifying the Supreme Court’s original writ authority against lower courts and officials other than the governor. Justice Evan Young and Chris Hilton supported the bill as a clarification of existing authority, while no one testified against it; the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed to allow the chamber to rearrange for the Senate session.

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• The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee is called to order.
• To prohibit it from influencing elections and election officials. Okay, thanks. Madam Chair? Yes.
• They don't consider it an election, essentially.
• the weekend before Election Day.
• The causal factor of both findings to the 2020 presidential election, when a Republican election denier

Bills: SB1285, SB1289, SB1326, SB1328, SB1329, SB1330, SB1392, SB1402, SB1425, SCR1013, SCR1014

Keywords: sentencing, correctional facilities, multiple sentences, death penalty, aggravating circumstances, juvenile offenses, class 2 felony, foreign donations, election administration, certification, Arizona Revised Statutes, transparency, public disclosure, victims' rights, attorney fees, government accountability, right to counsel, legal representation, parents' rights, family law

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• to the second Tuesday of... ...the second Tuesday of each election cycle.
• to have an election a day after all of that.
• So, the current law would place that election...
• The current law would place that election the day after Memorial Day, but it didn't.
• Everything's based on... ...so many days prior to the election.

Bills: HB258, HB308, HB258, HB308

Keywords: primary election, election calendar, off-presidential year, May primary, second Tuesday in May, fourth Tuesday in May, runoff primary, special primary, presidential primary, election administration, candidate filing, ballot access, political parties, county election officials, state election law, Alabama elections, elections, voter registration, publishing requirements, cost-saving

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• Senate Bill 202 by Senator Klein-Peter provides for the increase of parish board of election supervisor
• SB 202, what this does is it adds one additional day for the parish board of election supervisors in
• In preparation for and in supervising elections, what it will do is increase the maximum number of days
• for presidential or regularly scheduled or special congressional primary or general elections.
• I just want to compliment the folks that were working at the polls in this last election.

Bills: SB25, SB132, SB155, SB157, SB202, SB237, SB250, SB433

Keywords: registrar of voters, parish registrar, chief deputy registrar, confidential assistant, election administration, elections, salary schedule, compensation, merit evaluation, population-based pay, census-based pay, Department of State, Secretary of State, State Board of Election Supervisors, redistricting, senate districts, Senate District 33, Senate District 34, Senate District 35, precincts

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• In Harris County, it was election after election after election we kept having problems. and you couldn't
• And if you miss one of those presidential elections for any reason, you have your registration canceled
• For elections subject to a risk-limiting audit, the post-election election hand count audit may begin
• . elections.
• November general election, general election runoff if necessary, and special election.

Bills: SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37, SB 16

Keywords: voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity

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• notification to our Department of Public Safety that the person is moved and that the DPS should cancel
• Those are appointed by the elected district judges in some of our counties they handle They handled child

Bills: SB16, SB76, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB827, SB964, SB1209, SB1210, SB1386, SB1470, SB2035, SJR37, SB 16

Keywords: voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, transportation, infrastructure, funding, public safety, state regulation, election, polling places, voter access, state oversight, electronic voting, voting, polling place, elections, countywide program, election integrity