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A R E S 0 L U T I 0 N
WHEREAS, the City of Beaumont has long utilized
electronic voting machines and such electronic voting machines
have never required that a person sign his name in order to
qualify to vote; and,
WHEREAS, electronic voting machines, without the re-
quirement of said signature, have never lead to abnormal
numbers of voting irregularities; and,
WHEREAS, it is felt that requiring voters to sign
a signature stub as a prerequisite to voting violates a per-
son's right to secrecy in his vote;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY.OF BEAUMONT:
That the City of Beaumont supports House Bill 620 introduced
by Representative Kubiak which House Bill attempts to repeal
those provisions of the Texas,Election Code requiring that
signature stubs be executed when paper ballots are used in
voting.
PASSED by the City Council this 17 day of
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