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State Legislature Roundup Texas House to Debate Election Laws Revision
In Austin on February 27 the Texas House advanced election reform, with two bills to calendar. A measure would require residential electors to vote for the overall winner. another tightens ballot secrecy. Other items include extending voting eligibility, senatorial pay tweaks, and sailor voting rights. Public health items add hospital tax exemption rules and couple with a proposed 18 voting age amendment. Witnesses favored secrecy and ballot integrity, while debates linger on funding aid to dependent children and broader constitutional amendments.
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Austin
House
Provo
Senate
House Committee On Public Health
State Board of Medical Examiners
Margaret Brand
Dajles
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Elizabeth Brownscombe
Dallas
Texas League of Women Voters
Rouse Committee On Privileges and Elections
Donald Markle
Galveston
WI Smith
Beaumont
David Read
Silsbee
Texas
House State Affairs Committee
Bil
W. W. Bridgers
el Paso
Rae Files
Waxahachie
Aiso
Sam Hanna
Cecil Storey
Longview
Hanna
William M. Ryan
Harris County Board of Public Welfare