House Committee on Elections - 81st R.S. (2009)

Committee:	House Elections
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	House Committee on Elections, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2010 : a report to the House of Representatives, 82nd Texas Legislature
Subjects:	Campaign finance reform | Election administration | Election fraud | Judicial campaign contributions | Military personnel | Provisional ballots | Supreme Court arguments and decisions, U.S. | Voter identification | Voter turnout | Voting by mail |
Library Call Number:	L1836.81 El25he
Session:	81st R.S. (2009)
Online version:	View report [36 pages  File size: 736 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Study ways the state can enhance military and overseas voters' ability to obtain and return balloting materials and reduce burdens on those voters' exercise of their right to vote. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs
2.	Examine the use of central polling places and compare voter turnout and the number of rejected provisional ballots in counties that use central polling places with similar counties that do not.
3.	Examine the prevalence of fraud in Texas elections. Study new laws in other states regarding voter identification and recommend statutory changes necessary to ensure that only eligible voters can vote in Texas elections.
4.	Review the Texas campaign finance law in judicial races in light of the recent United States Supreme Court decision Caperton v. Massey. Joint Interim Charge with House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
5.	Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction.

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