85R1247 SRS-D     By: Keough H.B. No. 288       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the early voting period.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 85.001(a) and (e), Election Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The period for early voting by personal appearance   begins on the 10th [17th] day before election day and continues   through the second [fourth] day before election day, except as   otherwise provided by this section.          (e)  For an election held on the uniform election date in May   and any resulting runoff election, the period for early voting by   personal appearance begins on the seventh [12th] day before   election day and continues through the second [fourth] day before   election day.          SECTION 2.  Sections 85.005(c) and (d), Election Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (c)  In a county with a population of 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 shall be conducted in accordance with this   subsection in those elections in a county with a population under   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.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.