Texas Election Code - Section 12.004. Office Hours
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§ 12.004. OFFICE HOURS. (a) The registrar shall conduct
voter registration activities at all times during regular office
hours.
(b) The registrar may keep the office open for voter
registration activities at times other than regular office hours.
The registrar shall post notice of the irregular days and hours the
office will be open. The notice must remain posted continuously at
each entrance to the registrar's office for the period beginning
not later than the third day before the day the office is to be open
during irregular hours and ending after the last time specified in
the notice for the office to be open.
(c) The registrar's office shall remain open for voter
registration activities during the hours the polls are required to
be open for voting on the date of any general or primary election in
which a statewide office appears on the ballot or any other election
held in the county on a uniform election date.
(d) If early voting by personal appearance is required to be
conducted for extended hours under Section 85.005(c) or for weekend
hours under Section 85.006(e), the registrar's office shall remain
open for providing voter registration information during the
extended hours or weekend hours that the main early voting polling
place is open for voting.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, § 1(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts
1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 916, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Section: 11.002 11.003 11.004 11.005 12.001 12.002 12.003 12.004 12.005 12.006 12.031 12.032 12.033 12.034 13.001
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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