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Texas Election Code - Chapter 32 Election Judges And ClerksLegal Research Home > Texas Laws > Election Code > Texas Election Code - Chapter 32 Election Judges And Clerks (a) A presiding election judge and an alternate presiding judge shall be appointed for each election precinct in which an election is held. (b) The ... (a) The commissioners court at its July term shall appoint the election judges for each regular county election precinct. (b) Judges appointed under Subsection (a) ... If election precincts are consolidated in a special election in which the regular county election precincts are required to be used, the commissioners court shall ... Except as otherwise provided by law, for an election ordered by a county authority in which use of the regular county election precincts is not ... (a) The governing body of a political subdivision other than a county shall appoint the election judges for elections ordered by an authority of the ... (a) The county chair of a political party holding a primary election shall appoint for each primary, with the approval of the county executive committee, ... (a) If neither the presiding judge nor the alternate presiding judge can serve in an election and their inability to serve is discovered after the ... (a) The appointment of election judges must be made by written order. (b) The order of appointment need not be recorded in the minutes of ... (a) Each presiding election judge and alternate presiding judge shall be given written notice of the appointment as provided by this section. (b) The authority ... (a) If a presiding election judge has not been given a current description of the boundary of the election precinct for which the judge is ... (a) A home-rule city charter supersedes this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. (b) A law outside this subchapter that prescribes a different appointing ... (a) The presiding judge for each election precinct shall appoint the election clerks to assist the judge in the conduct of an election at the ... In an election conducted by the regularly appointed presiding judge, the presiding judge shall appoint the alternate presiding judge as one of the clerks. Acts ... (a) The authority that appoints the election judges shall prescribe the maximum number of clerks that each presiding judge may appoint for each election. The ... (a) The clerks for the general election for state and county officers or for a special election to fill a vacancy in an office regularly ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a home-rule city charter supersedes this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. (b) A home-rule city charter ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (e), to be eligible to serve as a judge of an election precinct, a person must: (1) ... (a) A person who holds an elective public office is ineligible to serve as an election judge or clerk in an election. (b) For purposes ... (a) A person is ineligible to serve as an election judge or clerk in an election if the person is a candidate for a public ... (a) A person is ineligible to serve as an election judge or clerk in an election if the person is employed by or related within ... (a) A person is ineligible to serve as an election judge or clerk in an election if the person is the campaign treasurer of a ... (a) A person is ineligible to serve as an election judge or clerk in an election if the person is a campaign manager of a ... A person is ineligible to serve as an election judge or clerk in an election if the person has been finally convicted of an offense ... Eligibility requirements or grounds of ineligibility in addition to those prescribed by this subchapter may be prescribed by a home-rule city charter for election officers ... The presiding judge is in charge of and responsible for the management and conduct of the election at the polling place of the election precinct ... (a) The presiding judge shall designate the working hours of and assign the duties to be performed by the election clerks serving under the judge. ... (a) The presiding judge and the clerks who are on duty at the time of any manual count or examination of ballots before the time ... An election judge or clerk may administer any oath required or authorized to be made at a polling place. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, ... (a) The presiding judge shall preserve order and prevent breaches of the peace and violations of this code in the polling place and in the ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an election judge or clerk is entitled to compensation for services rendered at a precinct polling place at ... (a) The election judge or clerk who delivers the precinct election records, keys to ballot boxes or other election equipment, and unused election supplies after ... The compensation of election judges and clerks shall be fixed by the following authority: (1) for an election ordered by the governor or a county ... (a) After each election, each presiding judge serving in the election shall prepare and sign, in duplicate, a statement containing the following information: (1) the ... (a) The secretary of state shall: (1) adopt standards of training in election law and procedure for presiding or alternate election judges; (2) develop materials ... The governing body of a political subdivision may appropriate funds to: (1) compensate its election judges, early voting clerk, and deputy early voting clerks in ... (a) The governing body of a political subdivision other than a county may, and the county executive committee of a political party shall, provide training ... (a) The county clerk shall provide one or more sessions of training using the standardized training program and materials developed and provided by the secretary ... On request of a county executive committee or a county clerk, as appropriate, the secretary of state shall schedule and provide assistance for the training ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |
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