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  89R635 MPF-D     By: Middleton S.B. No. 420       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of the secretary of state to order a new   election in certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Title 14, Election Code, is amended by adding   Subtitle E to read as follows:   SUBTITLE E. ORDER FOR NEW ELECTION BY SECRETARY OF STATE   CHAPTER 249. SHORTAGE OF BALLOTS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES           Sec.   249.001.     STANDARD FOR NEW ELECTION. Notwithstanding   any other law, in a county with a population of 2.7 million or more,   the secretary of state shall order a new election if the secretary   has good cause to believe that at least two percent of the total   number of polling places in the county:                 (1)  ran out of usable ballots during voting hours; and                 (2)     did not receive supplemental ballots under Section   51.008 for one or more hours after making a request for supplemental   ballots to the authority responsible for distributing election   supplies.           Sec.   249.002.     PROCEDURES FOR NEW ELECTION. In establishing   the procedures for a new election ordered under this chapter, the   secretary of state shall have the same authority granted to a   district court under Section 231.007.           Sec.   249.003.     EXPENSES OF NEW ELECTION. The expenses of a   new election ordered by the secretary of state under this chapter   are paid from the same fund and by the same authority that paid the   expenses of the previous election.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.