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Texas Election Code - Chapter 62 Preliminary ArrangementsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Election Code > Texas Election Code - Chapter 62 Preliminary Arrangements Sponsored Links(a) On election day, the presiding judge and the election clerks the judge assigns to assist with preparing the polling place shall meet at the ... Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the arrangements prescribed by this chapter shall be completed at a polling place before it is opened for ... (a) The presiding judge and the election clerks present at the polling place before the polls open shall repeat the following oath aloud: "I swear ... The voting stations shall be arranged so that: (1) the voting area is in view of the election officers, watchers, and persons waiting to vote ... An election officer shall open and examine the ballot boxes and remove any contents from the boxes. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, ... The ballot box to be used by the voters to deposit marked ballots shall be locked. The ballot box and the box used for the ... (a) An election officer shall unseal the ballot package, remove the ballots, and examine them to determine whether they are properly numbered and printed. (b) ... (a) The presiding judge's signature shall be placed on the back of each ballot to be used at the polling place. (b) The judge shall ... (a) As needed for voting, an election officer shall disarrange a supply of the ballots so that they are in random numerical order. (b) The ... (a) An election officer shall place one or more distance markers at the outer limits of the area within which electioneering is prohibited. (b) A ... (a) An election officer shall post an instruction poster: (1) in each voting station; and (2) in one or more other locations in the polling ... (a) The secretary of state shall adopt rules providing for publicizing voters' rights as prescribed by this section. The rules must require that a notice ... An election officer shall post a sample ballot in one or more locations in the polling place where it can be read by persons waiting ... (a) An election officer commits an offense if the officer knowingly posts at a polling place, including the area within 100 feet of an outside ... (a) If a registration correction list is provided for a polling place, an election officer shall make the changes to the list of registered voters ... (a) An indelible marking instrument shall be placed in each voting station. (b) In this section, "indelible marking instrument" means an instrument that makes marks ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |