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  89R1334 LRM-D     By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 341       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of preferential voting in certain elections.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 201, Election Code, is   amended by adding Sections 201.055, 201.056, 201.057, 201.058, and   201.059 to read as follows:           Sec.   201.055.     PREFERENTIAL VOTING REQUIRED.   Notwithstanding Chapter 2 or any other law, a special election held   to fill a vacancy in an office requiring election by majority vote   must use preferential voting as provided by this subchapter.           Sec.   201.056.     ADOPTION OF PREFERENTIAL VOTING PROCEDURES.   (a) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to allow for   an election of an office requiring a majority vote using a   preferential voting system.           (b)     The system must allow a voter to rank each candidate for   an office through a numerical designation from the candidate the   voter favors most to the candidate the voter favors least.           Sec.   201.057.     DETERMINATION OF ELECTION RESULT. (a) If no   candidate receives a majority of the votes cast designating the   highest favorable ranking for an office, the votes of the candidate   receiving the fewest number of votes are reassigned to the   candidate ranking next highest in the preference of a voter.           (b)     If after reassigning votes under Subsection (a) no   candidate receives a majority of the votes cast designating the   modified highest favorable ranking, the reassignment of a vote to a   voter's next most preferred candidate under Subsection (a)   continues until one candidate receives a majority.           Sec.   201.058.     PRIMARY NOT HELD; FILING PERIOD. (a) A   primary election is not held for an office to which this subchapter   applies.           (b)     The secretary of state shall prescribe the filing   deadline for an application for a place on the ballot for an office   to which this subchapter applies that is filled at the general   election for state and county officers.           Sec.   201.059.     RUNOFF ELECTION NOT HELD. Notwithstanding   any other law, a runoff election is not held for an office to which   this subchapter applies.          SECTION 2.  The following provisions of the Election Code   are repealed:                (1)  Section 203.009(d);                (2)  Section 203.010; and                (3)  Sections 203.013(f), (g), and (h).          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.