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HB 417, 55th R.S.
Relating to amending the Texas Election Code by authorizing the authority holding an election, in counties where voting machines have been adopted, in its discretion to appoint a special canvassing board to count and make returns on absentee ballots, and prescribing procedures for absentee voting where a special canvassing board is appointed.

Author: Criss Cole
Coauthor: Joseph Edwin Winfree, Sr. | Frank E. Mann | Robert W. Baker | James McDonald Heflin | William Marshall "Bill" Elliott | Herman Paul Pressler, III | Carlton Moore, Sr.

Session Law Chapter:
Acts 1957, 55th R.S.,ch. 333, General and Special Laws of Texas

Subjects:
Elections--Administration
Elections--Registration & Suffrage
Elections--Voting Systems


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