House Committee on Elections - 68th R.S. (1983)
Committee Members
- El Franco Lee, Chair
- Chip Staniswalis, Vice Chair
- A. C. 'Tony' Garcia, Chair - Budget & Oversight
- Charles Gandy
- Gerald Hill
- Jim Horn
- L.B. Kubiak
- David Patronella
- Sam Russell
- Russ Tidwell
Charges
- To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 8.
- To study the recent extension of the federal Voting Rights Act and the effect on elections in Texas.
- To review the administration, financing and organizations of voter registration and voter outreach.
- To study the implementation of mandatory joint elections for political subdivisions and the possibility of uniform election dates.
- To study the procedure for restoring voting rights to persons previously convicted of a felony.
- To monitor the implementation of the Secretary of State Election Night Returns (SSENR) system.*
- To oversee the Election Central Advisory Task Force.
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
Notes
Gerald Hill (Member) resigned 1/2/1984.
Russ Tidwell (Member) appointed 5/15/1984. (Press Release, Speaker of the House Gibson D. (Gib) Lewis, May 15, 1984. See House Speaker Lewis Appointments, L1801.1 P926a 1985-92 2.)
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