Of the three state legislators who represent the Bay Area—Sen. Larry Taylor, Rep. Greg Bonnen and Rep. Dennis Paul—so far only Bonnen has filed a bill for the upcoming 87th Texas Legislature.
House Bill 574, filed Nov. 16, relates to preventing election fraud.
According to the proposed bill, it would be considered a second-degree felony, not a misdemeanor, for a person to knowingly commit election fraud.
Under the bill’s language, election fraud would be influencing a person’s vote in the presence of the ballot or during the voting process; causing a voter to become registered, a ballot to be obtained or a vote to be cast under false pretenses; counting invalid votes or altering a report to include invalid votes; or causing any intentionally misleading information to be provided to an election official or on an application for ballot by mail.
