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Senate committee hears bill to move Texas electors’ meeting from Monday to Tuesday
Summary
Senate Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on Senate Bill 688, which would change the statutory meeting day for Texas’ presidential electors from Monday to Tuesday to align state law with the federal Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022. Committee left the bill pending.
Senator Hughes, author of Senate Bill 688, told the Senate Committee on State Affairs that the federal Electoral Count Reform Act of February 2022 moved the presidential electors’ meeting date to the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December and that Texas law must be updated to match the federal change. "The Texas election code…
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