Sec. 42.002. REQUIRED USE OF COUNTY PRECINCTS. (a) The county election precincts are the election precincts for the following elections:
(1) the general election for state and county officers;
(2) a special election ordered by the governor;
(3) a primary election;
(4) a countywide election ordered by the commissioners court, county judge, or other county authority, except an election subject to Section 42.062(2); and
(5) as provided by Section 42.0621, any other election held by a political subdivision on a uniform election date.
(b) Except as provided by Sections 42.008 and 42.009, county election precincts may not be consolidated for an election.
(c) Subsection (a)(5) does not apply to an election held on the May uniform election date by a political subdivision that:
(1) conducts early voting by personal appearance:
(A) at 75 percent or more of its permanent or temporary branch polling places on the same days and during the same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling place; and
(B) at each remaining polling place for at least two consecutive days of voting during the early voting period, and for at least eight hours on each of the two consecutive days; or
(2) has not established a permanent or temporary branch early voting polling place.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 114, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1042 (H.B. 1209), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1261 (H.B. 2926), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 2847), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 549 (H.B. 2027), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
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