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  89R983 PRL-D     By: Cain, et al. H.B. No. 817       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain   elections.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 2.0215 to read as follows:           Sec.   2.0215.     DETERMINATION OF MAJORITY VOTE. (a) In this   section, "preferential voting system"   means a voting system which   permits a voter to rank each candidate through a numerical   designation from the candidate the voter favors most to the   candidate the voter favors least.           (b)     In an election requiring a majority vote to be elected   to a public office, a candidate must receive more than half of the   votes as originally cast. A majority may not be determined by using   a preferential voting system to reassign votes.          SECTION 2.  Section 2.022(b), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  Sections 2.0215, 2.023, 2.025, and 2.028 supersede a law   outside this subchapter to the extent of any conflict.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.