House Elections Committee hears election notice bills

2015-03-30T22:30:19-05:00

The Texas House Elections Committee was hearing two bills Monday that would move election notice information from newspapers to government websites. House Bill 1499 by Rep. Sarah Davis, R-Houston,would allow a newspaper notice to state only a website address at which readers could go find election polling place locations, rather than listing all the locations. House Bill 2644 by Rep. Cesar Jose Blanco, D-El Paso, would allow election boundary locations to be listed online on a government website rather than in a newspaper. Blanco indicated he is willing to work with opponents of his bill to change its language. The Freedom [...]