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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: JamesB who wrote (71098)11/12/2000 10:51:41 AM
From: Mr. Palau  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
You may not use a punch card in your county, but it looks like it is used in other parts of Texas. The Texas code disucsses the punchcard system several times. For example, the following section explains:

(a) An electronic system ballot on which a voter indicates a vote by punching a hole in the ballot must contain the following instruction if candidates are to be voted on: "Vote for the candidate of your choice in each race by making a punch hole in the space provided adjacent to the name of that candidate." If a proposition appears on the ballot, the ballot must contain the following instruction: "Make a punch hole in the space provided beside the statement indicating the way you desire to vote."
(b) An electronic system ballot on which a voter indicates a vote by making a mark on the ballot must comply with Subsection (a), with the substitution of "mark" for "punch hole."
(c) The instructions prescribed by Subsections (a) and (b) shall be changed appropriately if the election has only one race, more than one candidate is to be elected in a race, or other circumstances require an alteration of the instructions.
(d) An electronic system ballot on which a voter indicates a vote by punching a hole in the ballot must contain the following instruction following the other required instructions: "Check your ballot after voting to make sure that the holes are actually punched through."
(e) The electronic system ballot must contain instructions for casting a write-in vote. The secretary of state shall prescribe the wording of the instructions.
(f) The electronic system ballot for an election in which straight-party voting is allowed must contain the instruction prescribed by Section 52.071(b) with the language relating to placing an "X" in the party square changed as appropriate to accommodate the method by which the voter indicates a vote.
(g) The instructions required by this section may be placed on the punch-card ballot label instead of on the punch-card ballot.
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