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AUSTIN – How many attorneys does it take to elect a bar president? While that may sound like the opening to a bad joke, it’s actually the focus of House Bill 2393.
Currently, the number of Texas Bar members required to support a petition to run for president is 5 percent, which means a candidate must collect roughly 5,000 physical signatures from his or her fellow attorneys to appear on the ballot.
Authored by state Rep. Yvonne Davis, HB 2393 would reduce that number to 500 and allow for electronic signatures on petitions – opening the field for more candidates, especially minorities, to run.
The Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee heard the bill last Wednesday.