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• Texas Election Code Section 1.001 - Short Title
  This code may be cited as the Election Code. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.002 - Applicability Of Code
  (a) This code applies to all general, special, and primary elections held in this state. (b) This code supersedes a conflicting statute outside this code ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.003 - Construction Of Code
  (a) The Code Construction Act (Chapter 311, Government Code) applies to the construction of each provision in this code, except as otherwise expressly provided by ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.004 - Internal References
  In this code: (1) a reference to a title, chapter, or section without further identification is a reference to a title, chapter, or section of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.005 - Definitions
  In this code: (1) "City secretary" includes a city clerk or, in a city that has no city secretary or clerk, the city officer who ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.006 - Effect Of Weekend Or Holiday
  (a) If the last day for performance of an act is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, the act is timely if ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.007 - Delivering, Submitting, And Filing Documents
  (a) When this code provides for the delivery, submission, or filing of an application, notice, report, or other document or paper with an authority having ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.008 - Timeliness Of Action By Mail
  When this code requires an application, notice, report, or other document or paper to be delivered, submitted, or filed within a specified period or before ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.009 - Time Of Receipt Of Mailed Document
  (a) When this code provides that an application, notice, or other document or paper that is delivered, submitted, or filed by mail is considered to ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.010 - Availability Of Official Forms
  (a) The office, agency, or other authority with whom this code requires an application, report, or other document or paper to be submitted or filed ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.011 - Signing Document By Witness
  (a) When this code requires a person to sign an application, report, or other document or paper, except as otherwise provided by this code, the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.012 - Public Inspection Of Election Records
  (a) Subject to Subsection (b), an election record that is public information shall be made available to the public during the regular business hours of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.013 - Destruction Of Records
  After expiration of the prescribed period for preserving voted ballots, election returns, other election records, or other records that are preserved under this code, the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.014 - Election Expenses
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the expenses incurred in the conduct of a general or special election shall be paid by the political ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.015 - Residence
  (a) In this code, "residence" means domicile, that is, one's home and fixed place of habitation to which one intends to return after any temporary ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.016 - Computation Of Age
  A person attains a specified age on the day before the anniversary of the person's birthday. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.017 - Ineligibility No Defense To Prosecution
  It is no defense to prosecution under this code that a person who receives an official ballot is ineligible to vote in the election for ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.018 - Applicability Of Penal Code
  In addition to Section 1.03, Penal Code, and to other titles of the Penal Code that may apply to this code, Title 4, Penal Code, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 1.019 - Required Evidence Or Testimony
  (a) A party to an offense under this code may be required to furnish evidence or testimony about the offense. (b) Evidence or testimony required ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.001 - Plurality Vote Required
  Except as otherwise provided by law, to be elected to a public office, a candidate must receive more votes than any other candidate for the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.002 - Tie Vote
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), (g), or (i), in an election requiring a plurality vote, if two or more candidates for the same ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.021 - Runoff Election Required
  If no candidate for a particular office receives the vote necessary to be elected in an election requiring a majority vote, a runoff election for ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.022 - Conflicts With Other Law
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a law outside this subchapter supersedes this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. (b) Sections 2.023 and ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.023 - Runoff Candidates
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the candidates in a runoff election are the candidates who receive the highest and second highest ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.024 - Ordering Runoff
  Not later than the fifth day after the date the final canvass of the main election is completed, the authority responsible for ordering the main ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.025 - Runoff Election Day
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held not earlier than the 20th or later than the 45th day ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.026 - Notice Of Runoff
  Notice of a runoff election shall be given in accordance with Chapter 4 except that a notice under Section 4.003(a)(2) or (b) must be posted ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.027 - Certification Of Runoff Candidates
  The presiding officer of the final canvassing authority shall certify in writing for placement on a runoff election ballot the names of the runoff candidates ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.028 - Tie Vote In Runoff
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if the candidates in a runoff election tie, an automatic recount shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.051 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  (a) Except as provided by Sections 2.055 and 2.056, this subchapter applies only to an election for officers of a political subdivision other than a ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.052 - Certification Of Unopposed Status
  (a) The authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall certify in writing that a candidate is unopposed for election to an office if, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.053 - Action On Certification
  (a) On receipt of the certification, the governing body of the political subdivision by order or ordinance may declare each unopposed candidate elected to the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.054 - Coercion Against Candidacy Prohibited
  (a) A person commits an offense if by intimidation or by means of coercion the person influences or attempts to influence a person to not ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.055 - Special Election To Fill Vacancy In Legislature
  (a) The secretary of state may declare an unopposed candidate elected to fill a vacancy in the legislature if: (1) each candidate for an office ...
• Texas Election Code Section 2.056 - Unopposed Candidate For Office Of State Or County Government
  (a) In this section: (1) "Certifying authority" means: (A) the secretary of state, for a statewide or district office; or (B) the county clerk, for ...
• Texas Election Code Section 3.001 - Order Required
  Each general and special election shall be ordered as provided by this chapter. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 3.002 - Conflicts With Other Law
  A law outside this chapter supersedes this chapter to the extent of any conflict. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 3.003 - Election Ordered By Governor
  (a) The governor shall order: (1) each general election for officers of the state government, members of the United States Congress, and electors for president ...
• Texas Election Code Section 3.004 - Election Of Political Subdivision
  (a) The following authority shall order an election: (1) the county judge, for the general election for officers of the county government; (2) the mayor, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 3.005 - Time For Ordering Election
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision shall be ordered not later than the 62nd ...
• Texas Election Code Section 3.006 - Contents Of Election Order
  In addition to any other elements required to be included in an election order by other law, each election order must state the date of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 3.007 - Failure To Order General Election
  Failure to order a general election does not affect the validity of the election. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 3.008 - Preservation Of Election Order
  (a) The authority ordering an election shall preserve the order, proclamation, or other document ordering the election for the period for preserving the precinct election ...
• Texas Election Code Section 4.001 - Notice Required
  Notice of each general and special election shall be given as provided by this chapter. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 4.002 - Authority Responsible For Giving Notice
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the following authority shall give notice of an election: (1) the county judge of each county wholly or partly ...
• Texas Election Code Section 4.003 - Method Of Giving Notice
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), notice of an election must be given by any one or more of the following methods: (1) by ...
• Texas Election Code Section 4.004 - Contents Of Notice
  (a) The notice of a general or special election must state: (1) the nature and date of the election; (2) except as provided by Subsection ...
• Texas Election Code Section 4.005 - Record Of Notice
  (a) If notice of an election is given by publication, the authority responsible for giving the notice shall retain a copy of the published notice ...
• Texas Election Code Section 4.006 - Failure To Give Notice Of General Election
  Failure to give notice of a general election does not affect the validity of the election. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 4.007 - Notice To Election Judge
  Not later than the 15th day before election day or the seventh day after the date the election is ordered, whichever is later, the authority ...
• Texas Election Code Section 4.008 - Notice To County Clerk
  The governing body of a political subdivision, other than a county, that orders an election shall deliver notice of the election to the county clerk ...
• Texas Election Code Section 11.001 - Eligibility To Vote
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, to be eligible to vote in an election in this state, a person must: (1) be a qualified ...
• Texas Election Code Section 11.002 - Qualified Voter
  In this code, "qualified voter" means a person who: (1) is 18 years of age or older; (2) is a United States citizen; (3) has ...
• Texas Election Code Section 11.003 - Place For Voting
  Except as otherwise provided by this code, a person may vote only in the election precinct in which the person resides. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ...
• Texas Election Code Section 11.004 - Voting In Precinct Of Former Residence
  A registered voter who changes residence to another election precinct in the same county, if otherwise eligible, may vote a full ballot in the election ...
• Texas Election Code Section 11.005 - Effect Of Vote By Voter Registered In Wrong Precinct
  If a voter who is erroneously registered in an election precinct in which the voter does not reside is permitted to vote by an election ...
• Texas Election Code Section 12.001 - Designation Of Voter Registrar
  The county tax assessor-collector is the voter registrar for the county unless the position of county elections administrator is created or the county clerk is ...
• Texas Election Code Section 12.002 - Administration Of Oaths
  The registrar may administer and certify an oath under the seal of office if the oath is required in connection with the registrar's responsibilities under ...
• Texas Election Code Section 12.003 - Fees Prohibited
  The registrar may not charge a fee for performing a function in connection with voter registration unless expressly authorized to do so by law. Acts ...
• Texas Election Code Section 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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 12.005 - Branch Offices
  The registrar may establish one or more branch offices in the county to conduct voter registration activities for the convenience of persons desiring to register. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 12.006 - Regular Deputy Registrars
  (a) The registrar may appoint one or more deputy registrars to assist in the registration of voters. (b) In this code, "regular deputy registrar" means ...
• Texas Election Code Section 12.031 - Designation Of County Clerk As Voter Registrar
  The commissioners court by written order may designate the county clerk as the voter registrar for the county if the county clerk and county tax ...
• Texas Election Code Section 12.032 - Designation Order
  (a) The order designating the county clerk as the voter registrar must state the effective date of the transfer of voter registration duties and functions ...
• Texas Election Code Section 12.033 - Appropriation By Commissioners Court
  The amount initially appropriated by the commissioners court for the voter registration activities of the county clerk may not be less than the amount last ...
• Texas Election Code Section 12.034 - Rescission Of Designation Order
  (a) The commissioners court by written order may rescind the order designating the county clerk as the voter registrar at any time after two years ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.001 - Eligibility For Registration
  (a) To be eligible for registration as a voter in this state, a person must: (1) be 18 years of age or older; (2) be ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.002 - Application Required
  (a) A person desiring to register to vote must submit an application to the registrar of the county in which the person resides. An application ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.003 - Application By Agent
  (a) An applicant may appoint, either orally or in writing, an agent to perform one or more of the following acts for the applicant: (1) ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.004 - Recording And Disclosure Of Certain Information By Registrar
  (a) The registrar may not transcribe, copy, or otherwise record a telephone number furnished on a registration application. (b) The registrar may transcribe, copy, or ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.005 - Unlawfully Acting As Agent
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person acts as an agent for an applicant but is not eligible for appointment as an agent ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.006 - Purportedly Acting As Agent
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person purports to act as an agent in applying for registration or in signing a registration application ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.007 - False Statement On Application
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly makes a false statement or requests, commands, or attempts to induce another person to make ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.031 - Appointment; Term
  (a) To encourage voter registration, the registrar shall appoint as deputy registrars persons who volunteer to serve. (b) In this code, "volunteer deputy registrar" means ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.032 - Prohibition On Refusing To Appoint
  A registrar may not refuse to appoint as a volunteer deputy registrar: (1) a resident of the county served by the registrar; or (2) any ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.033 - Certificate Of Appointment
  (a) A person desiring to serve as a volunteer deputy registrar must request appointment by the registrar in person or by mail. (b) If a ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.034 - Active Appointment File
  (a) The registrar shall maintain a file containing the duplicate certificates of appointment of the volunteer deputy registrars whose appointments are effective. (b) The registrar ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.035 - Inactive Appointment File
  (a) The registrar shall maintain a file containing the duplicate certificates of appointment of the volunteer deputy registrars whose appointments have been terminated. (b) The ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.036 - Termination Of Appointment
  (a) An appointment as a volunteer deputy registrar is terminated on: (1) the expiration of the volunteer deputy's term of appointment; or (2) the final ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.037 - Compensation; Bond
  (a) A person may not receive compensation from the county for service as a volunteer deputy registrar unless compensation is authorized by the commissioners court. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.038 - Powers Generally
  A volunteer deputy registrar may distribute voter registration application forms throughout the county and receive registration applications submitted to the deputy in person. Acts 1985, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.039 - Review Of Application
  (a) On receipt of a registration application, a volunteer deputy registrar shall review it for completeness in the applicant's presence. (b) If the application does ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.040 - Issuance Of Receipt
  (a) On receipt of a completed registration application, a volunteer deputy registrar shall prepare a receipt in duplicate on a form furnished by the registrar. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.041 - Effect Of Submission Of Application
  The date of submission of a completed registration application to a volunteer deputy registrar is considered to be the date of submission to the registrar ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.042 - Delivery Of Application To Registrar
  (a) A volunteer deputy registrar shall deliver in person, or by personal delivery through another designated volunteer deputy, to the registrar each completed voter registration ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.043 - Failure To Deliver Application
  (a) A volunteer deputy registrar commits an offense if the deputy fails to comply with Section 13.042. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.044 - Purportedly Acting As Volunteer Deputy Registrar
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person purports to act as a volunteer deputy registrar when the person does not have an effective ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.045 - Activity On Governmental Premises
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the chief executive of a state agency with approval of the agency's governing body, if any, the chief executive ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.046 - High School Deputy Registrars
  (a) Each principal of a public or private high school or the principal's designee shall serve as a deputy registrar for the county in which ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.071 - Review Of Application
  (a) The registrar shall review each submitted application for registration to determine whether it complies with Section 13.002 and indicates that the applicant is eligible ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.072 - Action On Application
  (a) Unless the registrar challenges the applicant, the registrar shall approve the application if: (1) the registrar determines that an application complies with Section 13.002 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.073 - Notice Of Rejection
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the registrar shall deliver written notice of the reason for the rejection of an application to the applicant ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.074 - Challenge Of Applicant
  (a) If after determining that an application complies with Section 13.002 and indicates that the applicant is eligible for registration, the registrar has reason to ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.075 - Notice Of Challenge To Applicant
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the registrar shall deliver written notice of the challenge to the applicant not later than the second day ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.076 - Request For Hearing On Challenge
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), to be entitled to a hearing on a challenge, the applicant must file a written, signed request for ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.077 - Hearing On Challenge
  (a) On the timely filing or making of a hearing request, the registrar shall schedule a hearing on the challenge. (b) The registrar shall conduct ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.078 - Notice Of Hearing
  (a) The registrar shall deliver to a challenged applicant written notice of the date, hour, and place set for the hearing on the challenge not ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.079 - Determination Of Challenge
  (a) After hearing and considering the evidence or argument, the registrar shall promptly determine the challenge and issue a decision in writing. (b) If the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.080 - Recording Rejection
  On rejection of an applicant's registration application, the registrar shall enter the date of and reason for the rejection on the application. Acts 1985, 69th ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.101 - Active Application File
  (a) The registrar shall maintain a file containing the approved registration applications of the registered voters of the county. (b) The registrar shall maintain the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.102 - Inactive Application File
  (a) The registrar shall maintain a file containing the rejected applications of applicants for registration. (b) The registrar shall maintain a file, separate from the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.103 - Place For Keeping Files; Security
  (a) The registration application files maintained under this subchapter shall be kept in the registrar's office at all times in a place and manner ensuring ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.104 - Optional Storage Method
  (a) Instead of keeping the original registration applications and supporting documentation as required by this title, the registrar may record the applications and documentation on ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.121 - Official Form For Registration By Mail
  (a) The officially prescribed application form for registration by mail must be in the form of a business reply postcard, unless another form or system ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.122 - Additional Elements On Official Form
  (a) In addition to the other statements and spaces for entering information that appear on an officially prescribed registration application form, each official form must ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.141 - Registration Number
  The secretary of state shall prescribe a uniform system for assigning voter registration numbers. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.142 - Initial Registration Certificate
  (a) After approval of a registration application, the registrar shall: (1) prepare a voter registration certificate in duplicate and issue the original certificate to the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.143 - Effective Date Of Registration; Period Of Effectiveness
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (e), if an applicant's registration application is approved, the registration becomes effective on the 30th day after ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.144 - Delivery Of Initial Certificate To Voter
  (a) The registrar shall deliver the original of an initial certificate: (1) in person to the applicant or the applicant's agent appointed under Section 13.003; ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.145 - Unlawful Delivery Of Certificate
  (a) A voter registrar commits an offense if the registrar knowingly delivers a registration certificate to a person other than the applicant or the applicant's ...
• Texas Election Code Section 13.146 - Confirmation Notice On Return Of Initial Certificate
  (a) If an initial certificate delivered to the applicant by mail is returned to the registrar undelivered, the registrar shall promptly deliver to the applicant ...
• Texas Election Code Section 14.001 - Renewal Registration Certificate
  (a) On or after November 15 but before December 6 of each odd-numbered year, the registrar shall issue a voter registration certificate to each voter ...
• Texas Election Code Section 14.002 - Delivery Of Renewal Certificate To Voter
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the registrar shall deliver a voter's renewal certificate by mail to the mailing address on the voter's registration ...
• Texas Election Code Section 14.021 - Disposition Of Returned Renewal Certificate
  On the return to the registrar of an undelivered renewal certificate that was mailed to a voter, the registrar shall file the certificate with the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 14.022 - Erroneous Return Of Renewal Certificate
  If the registrar determines that a voter's renewal certificate was returned undelivered solely because of postal service error, address reclassification, or the registrar's clerical error, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 14.023 - Confirmation Notice After Return Of Renewal Certificate
  (a) After January 1 but not later than March 1 of each even-numbered year, the registrar shall deliver a confirmation notice in accordance with Section ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.001 - Required Contents
  (a) Each voter registration certificate issued must contain: (1) the voter's name in the form indicated by the voter, subject to applicable requirements prescribed by ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.002 - Optional Contents
  (a) A voter registration certificate may contain an explanation of the voter's rights or duties under this code, including: (1) the procedure by which the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.003 - Signing Certificate By Voter
  (a) On receipt of a voter registration certificate issued under this title, the person to whom the certificate is issued must personally sign it in ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.004 - Replacement Certificate
  (a) A voter whose registration certificate is lost or destroyed may obtain a replacement certificate by delivering a written, signed notice of the loss or ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.021 - Notice Of Change In Registration Information By Voter
  (a) If a voter discovers incorrect information on the voter's registration certificate or if any of the information becomes incorrect because of a change in ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.022 - Correction Of Registration Records
  (a) The registrar shall make the appropriate corrections in the registration records, including, if necessary, deleting a voter's name from the suspense list: (1) after ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.023 - Time For Certain Deletions From Suspense List
  If the name of a voter whose residence is changed on the registration records to another county election precinct in the same county appears on ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.024 - Corrected Registration Certificate
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), after correcting the registration records with respect to a voter, if necessary, the registrar shall promptly issue the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.025 - Effective Date Of Certain Changes In Registration Information
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (d), the registration of a voter described by this subsection whose information is changed on the registration ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.027 - Notice To Voter Of Precinct Boundary Change
  (a) Before the effective date of the abolishment of a county election precinct or a change in its boundary, the registrar shall deliver written notice ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.028 - Notice Of Unlawful Voting To Prosecutor
  (a) If the registrar determines that a person who is not a registered voter voted in an election, the registrar shall execute and deliver to ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.051 - Confirmation Notice
  (a) If the registrar has reason to believe that a voter's current residence is different from that indicated on the registration records, the registrar shall ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.052 - Official Confirmation Notice And Confirmation Notice Response Forms
  (a) The officially prescribed form for a confirmation notice must include: (1) a statement that, if the voter fails to submit to the registrar a ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.053 - Response To Confirmation Notice
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date a confirmation notice is mailed, the voter shall submit to the registrar a written, signed ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.081 - Suspense List
  (a) The registrar shall maintain a suspense list containing the name of each voter: (1) who fails to submit a response to the registrar in ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.082 - Availability Of Registrar's List
  (a) The registrar shall furnish a copy of the suspense list to any person requesting it or shall furnish that portion of the list requested. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.083 - Delivery Of List To Secretary Of State
  (a) The secretary of state may require the registrar to deliver a copy of the suspense list to the secretary in the form prescribed by ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.084 - Availability Of Secretary Of State's List
  (a) The secretary of state shall furnish a copy of a suspense list delivered under Section 15.083 to any person requesting it or shall furnish ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.085 - Unlawful Use Of Information On Suspense Lists
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person uses information in connection with advertising or promoting commercial products or services that the person knows ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.111 - Notation On List Of Registered Voters
  (a) The registrar shall enter the notation "S", or a similar notation approved by the secretary of state, on the list of registered voters beside ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.112 - Authorization To Vote On Statement
  In an election held on or after the date the voter's name is entered on the suspense list and before November 30 following the second ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.141 - Active Certificate File
  (a) The registrar shall maintain a file containing the duplicate initial registration certificates of voters whose registrations are effective. (b) The registrar shall maintain the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.142 - Inactive Certificate File
  (a) The registrar shall maintain a file containing the duplicate initial registration certificates of voters whose registrations have been canceled. (b) The registrar shall maintain ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.143 - Maintenance Of Files As Electronic Data-Processing Information
  The registrar may maintain the active or inactive certificate file as information stored in a form suitable for use with electronic data-processing equipment. After the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 15.144 - Place For Keeping Files; Security
  (a) The registration certificate files maintained under this subchapter shall be kept in the registrar's office at all times in a place and manner ensuring ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.001 - Death
  (a) Each month the local registrar of deaths shall prepare an abstract of each death certificate issued in the month for a decedent 18 years ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.002 - Mental Incompetence
  (a) Each month the clerk of each court having jurisdiction to adjudge a person mentally incompetent shall prepare an abstract of each final judgment of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.003 - Felony Conviction
  Each weekday the Department of Public Safety is regularly open for business, the department shall: (1) prepare an abstract of each final judgment received by ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.004 - Disqualification In Election Contest
  Not later than the 10th day after the date a judgment in an election contest in which a person is adjudged not to be a ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.005 - Preservation Of Abstract
  If an abstract received under this subchapter affects a registered voter of the county, the registrar shall retain a copy of the abstract on file ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.031 - Cancellation On Official Notice Of Ineligibility
  (a) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration immediately on receipt of: (1) notice under Section 13.072(b) or 15.021 or a response under Section 15.053 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.032 - Cancellation Following End Of Suspense List Period
  If on November 30 following the second general election for state and county officers that occurs after the date the voter's name is entered on ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.033 - Cancellation Following Investigation By Registrar
  (a) The registrar may use any lawful means to investigate whether a registered voter is currently eligible for registration in the county. This section does ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.0331 - Cancellation On Request By Voter
  (a) A voter desiring to cancel the voter's registration must submit to the registrar a written, signed request for the cancellation. A request may not ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.0332 - Cancellation Because Of Citizenship Status
  (a) After the registrar receives a list under Section 62.113, Government Code, of persons excused or disqualified from jury service because of citizenship status, the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.034 - Recording Cancellation
  On cancellation of a voter's registration, the registrar shall enter the date of and reason for the cancellation on the voter's registration application and duplicate ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.035 - Effective Date Of Cancellation
  A cancellation of a voter's registration takes effect immediately. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.036 - Notice Of Cancellation To Voter
  (a) Immediately after, but not later than the 30th day after the date a voter's registration is canceled under Section 16.031(a)(3), 16.033, 16.0331, or 16.0332, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.037 - Reinstatement Of Registration
  (a) If the registrar determines after cancellation of a registration that the registration should not have been canceled, the registrar shall reinstate it. (b) If, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.038 - Notice Of Reinstatement To Voter
  (a) Immediately on reinstatement of a registration, the registrar shall deliver written notice of the reinstatement to the voter. (b) The notice shall be delivered ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.061 - Right To Challenge Cancellation
  A person whose voter registration is canceled may challenge the cancellation at a hearing before the registrar. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.062 - Request For Hearing On Challenge
  A person desiring to challenge the cancellation of the person's registration must file with the registrar a written, signed request for a hearing on the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.063 - Reinstatement Pending Challenge
  (a) On the filing of a hearing request under Section 16.062, the registrar shall reinstate the challenging voter's registration pending determination of the challenge. (b) ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.064 - Hearing On Challenge
  (a) On the filing of a hearing request, the registrar shall schedule a hearing on the challenge. (b) The registrar shall conduct the hearing not ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.065 - Notice Of Hearing
  The registrar shall deliver written notice of the date, hour, and place set for the hearing on the challenge to the challenging voter not later ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.066 - Determination Of Challenge
  (a) After hearing and considering the evidence or argument, the registrar shall promptly determine the challenge and issue a decision in writing. (b) If the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.091 - Right To Challenge Registration
  Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a registered voter may challenge the registration of another voter of the same county at a hearing before ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.092 - Sworn Statement Required
  A voter desiring to challenge a registration must file with the registrar a sworn statement of the grounds for the challenge that: (1) identifies the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.0921 - Confirmation Notice On Challenge Based On Residence
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), on the filing of a sworn statement under Section 16.092 alleging a ground based on residence, the registrar ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.093 - Hearing On Challenge
  (a) On the filing of a sworn statement under Section 16.092 alleging a ground other than residence, the registrar shall schedule a hearing on the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.094 - Notice Of Hearing
  (a) The registrar shall deliver written notice of the hearing on the challenge to each party to the controversy not later than the 15th day ...
• Texas Election Code Section 16.095 - Determination Of Challenge
  (a) After hearing and considering the evidence or argument, the registrar shall promptly determine the challenge and issue a decision in writing. (b) If the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 17.001 - Right Of Appeal By Applicant For Registration
  An applicant for voter registration is entitled to appeal an adverse decision issued by the registrar under Section 13.079. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 17.002 - Right Of Appeal By Registered Voter
  A party to a challenge under Subchapter C or D of Chapter 16 is entitled to appeal an adverse decision issued by the registrar. Acts ...
• Texas Election Code Section 17.003 - Petition For Review
  (a) A party desiring to appeal under this chapter must file a petition for review in the district court not later than the 30th day ...
• Texas Election Code Section 17.004 - Copy Filed With Registrar
  (a) Not later than the deadline for filing a petition for review, the petitioner must deliver a copy of the petition to the registrar who ...
• Texas Election Code Section 17.005 - Cancellation Delayed Pending Appeal
  If a voter's registration is to be canceled following a decision from which an appeal is taken, the registrar shall delay canceling the registration, pending ...
• Texas Election Code Section 17.006 - Venue
  Venue of an appeal under this chapter is in the county served by the registrar who issued the decision from which the appeal is taken. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 17.007 - Scope Of Review
  (a) Review by the district court under this chapter is by trial de novo. (b) The district court shall try all issues of fact and ...
• Texas Election Code Section 17.008 - Decision Not Appealable
  A decision of the district court under this chapter is not appealable. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.001 - Original List Of Registered Voters
  (a) Before the beginning of early voting for the first election held in a county in each voting year, the registrar shall prepare for each ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.002 - Supplemental List Of Registered Voters
  (a) For each election held in the county in a voting year, on request of the authority responsible for procuring election supplies, the registrar shall ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.003 - Registration Correction List
  (a) For each election held in the county in a voting year, the registrar shall prepare and furnish to the authority responsible for procuring election ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.004 - Revised Original List
  (a) As an alternative to furnishing a supplemental list of registered voters and a correction list for an election, the registrar may furnish a certified ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.005 - Form And Contents Of List
  (a) Each original and supplemental list of registered voters must: (1) contain the voter's name, residence address, date of birth, and registration number as provided ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.006 - Delivery Of Lists To Election Authorities
  The registrar shall deliver the lists furnished under this subchapter, including the lists furnished under Section 18.007, to the appropriate authority as soon as practicable ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.007 - Lists Furnished For Precinct Conventions
  In a voting year in which a political party holds precinct conventions in the county under Title 10, the registrar, on request of the party's ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.008 - Copies Furnished On Request
  (a) The registrar shall furnish a copy of any list prepared under this subchapter to any person requesting it. The copy shall be furnished without ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.009 - Unlawful Use Of Information On Registration List
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person uses information in connection with advertising or promoting commercial products or services that the person knows ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.010 - Fees
  (a) The registrar may not charge a fee for furnishing lists required to be furnished under this subchapter except as authorized by this section. (b) ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.011 - File Of Lists For Countywide Election
  (a) The registrar shall maintain a file containing one of each of the lists prepared under this subchapter for each countywide election. (b) The registrar ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.012 - Secretary Of State To Approve Computer Services Contracts
  (a) A county may not contract with a computer service company or other private business entity for services related to the lists required under this ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.0121 - Contract To Investigate Voter Eligibility
  A list of potentially ineligible voters produced for a county by a private business entity may not be made available to the public or otherwise ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.013 - Political Subdivision List In Certain Counties
  (a) On the written request of any resident of a political subdivision of which more than one-half of the political subdivision's territory is situated in ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.041 - Annual Registration Report
  (a) Each voting year, the registrar shall prepare a report of the number of persons whose voter registrations in the county and in each county ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.042 - Preelection Registration Statement
  (a) Not later than the 20th day before the date of the general primary election and the date of the general election for state and ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.043 - Statement Required Under Federal Law
  (a) At the times prescribed by the secretary of state, the registrar shall deliver to the secretary a statement containing the voter registration information determined ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.061 - Statewide Computerized Voter Registration List
  (a) The secretary of state shall implement and maintain a statewide computerized voter registration list that serves as the single system for storing and managing ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.064 - Sanction For Noncompliance
  If a registrar fails to substantially comply with Section 15.083, 16.032, 18.042, or 18.061 or with rules adopted by the secretary of state implementing the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.065 - Secretary Of State To Monitor Registrar's Compliance
  (a) The secretary of state shall monitor each registrar for substantial compliance with Sections 15.083, 16.032, 18.042, and 18.061 and with rules implementing the statewide ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.066 - Availability Of Statewide Computerized Voter Registration List Information
  (a) The secretary of state shall furnish information in the statewide computerized voter registration list to any person on request not later than the 15th ...
• Texas Election Code Section 18.067 - Unlawful Use Of Statewide Computerized Voter Registration List
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person uses information in connection with advertising or promoting commercial products or services that the person knows ...
• Texas Election Code Section 19.001 - Statement Of Registrations Submitted To Comptroller
  (a) Before May 15 of each year, the registrar shall prepare and submit to the comptroller of public accounts a statement containing: (1) the total ...
• Texas Election Code Section 19.002 - Issuance Of Warrants By Comptroller
  (a) Each registrar is entitled to receive the sum of the following amounts: (1) 25 cents multiplied by the number of initial registrations certified under ...
• Texas Election Code Section 19.0025 - Electronic Administration Of Vouchers And Warrants
  (a) The secretary of state shall establish and maintain an online electronic system for administering vouchers submitted and warrants issued under Section 19.002. (b) A ...
• Texas Election Code Section 19.003 - Disbursement Of State Funds
  Only funds from the General Revenue Fund may be appropriated for the disbursements required by this chapter. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 19.004 - Use Of State Funds Restricted
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), state funds disbursed under this chapter may be used only to defray expenses of the registrar's office in ...
• Texas Election Code Section 19.005 - State Funds Not Fees Of Office
  State funds disbursed under this chapter are not and may not be treated as fees of office. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 19.006 - State Funds Not Part Of County Budget
  The commissioners court may not consider the availability of state funds under this chapter in adopting the county budget for the office of the voter ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.001 - Designation Of Voter Registration Agencies
  (a) The following state agencies are designated as voter registration agencies: (1) Health and Human Services Commission; (2) Department of Aging and Disability Services; (3) ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.002 - Agency-Prescribed Registration Application Form
  Instead of using the official voter registration application form prescribed by the secretary of state, a voter registration agency may use an official form prescribed ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.003 - Official Declination Of Registration Form
  The officially prescribed form for a declination of a voter registration must include: (1) spaces for the person's signature and printed name and the date ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.004 - Agency Coordinator
  (a) A voter registration agency shall designate one or more persons to coordinate the agency's voter registration program. The agency shall notify the secretary of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.005 - Degree Of Assistance
  A voter registration agency shall provide the same degree of assistance, including any necessary bilingual assistance, to a person in completing a voter registration form ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.006 - Determination Of Eligibility
  (a) An employee of a voter registration agency may not make a determination about a person's eligibility for registration other than a determination of whether ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.007 - Prohibited Acts
  An employee of a voter registration agency may not: (1) seek to influence an applicant's political party preference; (2) display any political party preference or ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.008 - Assistance By Secretary Of State Or Registrar
  If a question arises concerning voter registration that an agency employee cannot answer, the employee shall provide the person: (1) the toll-free telephone number of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.009 - Additional Procedures
  The secretary of state shall prescribe any additional procedures necessary for the orderly and proper administration of voter registration procedures under this chapter. Added by ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.031 - Form Provided
  A voter registration agency shall provide a voter registration application form to each person who is of voting age and a United States citizen in ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.032 - Registration Procedures
  (a) An appropriate agency employee shall routinely inform each person who applies in person for agency services of the opportunity to complete a voter registration ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.033 - Effect Of Submission Of Application To Employee
  The date of submission of a completed registration application to the agency employee is considered to be the date of submission to the voter registrar ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.034 - Submission To Registrar By Applicant
  (a) The applicant may keep the registration application form or the completed application to submit the application personally to the voter registrar. (b) The agency ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.035 - Delivery Of Applications To Registrar
  (a) The agency shall deliver to the voter registrar of the county in which the agency office is located each completed registration application submitted to ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.036 - Declination Of Registration
  (a) If the applicant does not wish to complete a voter registration application form, the agency employee shall request that the applicant complete and sign ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.037 - Telephone Or Mail Services
  (a) A voter registration agency that allows a person to apply for services by mail shall deliver to an applicant by mail a voter registration ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.061 - Applicability Of Other Provisions
  The other provisions of this chapter apply to the Department of Public Safety except provisions that conflict with this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.062 - Department Forms And Procedure
  (a) The Department of Public Safety shall prescribe and use a form and procedure that combines the department's application form for a license or card ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.063 - Registration Procedures
  (a) The Department of Public Safety shall provide to each person who applies in person at the department's offices for an original or renewal of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.064 - Declination Form Not Required
  The Department of Public Safety is not required to comply with the procedures prescribed by this chapter relating to the form for a declination of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.065 - Delivery Of Applications And Changes Of Address
  (a) At the end of each day a Department of Public Safety office is regularly open for business, the manager of the office shall deliver ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.066 - Registration Procedures
  (a) If a person completes a voter registration application as provided by Section 20.063, the Department of Public Safety shall: (1) input the information provided ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.091 - Applicability Of Other Provisions
  The other provisions of this chapter apply to a public library except provisions that conflict with this subchapter. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.092 - Registration Procedure
  (a) A public library shall provide to each person of voting age who applies in person for an original or renewal of a library card ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.093 - Declination Form Not Required
  A public library is not required to comply with the procedures prescribed by this chapter relating to the form for a declination of voter registration. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.121 - Applicability Of Other Provisions
  The other provisions of this chapter do not apply to a marriage license office of the county clerk unless expressly provided otherwise by the other ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.122 - Registration Procedures
  (a) When an original marriage license is returned to the licensees after being recorded, the county clerk shall also deliver to the licensees by mail ...
• Texas Election Code Section 20.123 - Declination Form Not Required
  The county clerk is not required to comply with the procedures prescribed by this chapter relating to the form for a declination of voter registration. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.001 - Chief Election Officer
  (a) The secretary of state is the chief election officer of the state. (b) The secretary shall establish in the secretary's office an elections division ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.002 - Official Forms
  (a) The secretary of state shall prescribe the design and content, consistent with this code, of the forms necessary for the administration of this code ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.0021 - Certain Official Forms: Inclusion Of Nepotism Information
  (a) On forms designed and furnished by the secretary of state for an application for a place on the ballot, the secretary shall include a ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.003 - Uniformity
  The secretary of state shall obtain and maintain uniformity in the application, operation, and interpretation of this code and of the election laws outside this ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.004 - Assistance And Advice
  (a) The secretary of state shall assist and advise all election authorities with regard to the application, operation, and interpretation of this code and of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.005 - Protection Of Voting Rights
  (a) The secretary of state may take appropriate action to protect the voting rights of the citizens of this state from abuse by the authorities ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.0055 - Voting Rights Hotline
  (a) The secretary of state shall establish a toll-free telephone number to allow a person to report an existing or potential abuse of voting rights. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.006 - Referral Of Complaint To Attorney General
  If, after receiving a complaint alleging criminal conduct in connection with an election, the secretary of state determines that there is reasonable cause to suspect ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.007 - Suspension Of Provisions Implementing National Voter Registration Act
  (a) If under federal law, order, regulation, or other official action the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 is not required to be implemented or ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.008 - Collection Of Information: Forum On Election Cost Savings
  (a) The secretary of state shall collect and maintain information on the number of elections held in this state and the administrative costs associated with ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.009 - Distribution Of Federal Funds
  (a) If federal funds are made available to assist the state in the administration of elections, including assistance for the phasing out or prohibition of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.010 - Implementation Of Federal Help America Vote Act
  (a) The secretary of state may adopt rules as necessary to implement the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002. (b) The secretary of state ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.011 - Election Improvement Fund
  (a) The election improvement fund is created as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund and consists of federal funds designated for election improvement, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.031 - Creation Of Position
  (a) The commissioners court by written order may create the position of county elections administrator for the county. (b) The order must state the date ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.032 - Appointment Of Administrator; County Election Commission
  (a) The position of county elections administrator is filled by appointment of the county election commission, which consists of: (1) the county judge, as chair; ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.033 - Commission Meetings
  (a) The county election commission shall meet at the call of the chair. However, the vice chair or any three members of the commission may ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.034 - Eligibility
  To be eligible for appointment as county elections administrator, a person must be a qualified voter of the state. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.035 - Restrictions On Political Activities
  (a) A county elections administrator may not be a candidate for a public office or an office of a political party, hold a public office, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.036 - Resignation
  The county election commission is the proper authority to receive and act on a resignation from the position of county elections administrator. Acts 1985, 69th ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.037 - Termination Of Employment
  The employment of the county elections administrator may be terminated at any time for good and sufficient cause on the four-fifths vote of the county ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.038 - Filling Vacancy
  (a) A vacancy in the position of county elections administrator is filled by appointment of the county election commission. (b) An appointment to fill an ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.039 - Salary; Staff; Operating Expenses
  (a) The commissioners court shall set the number of deputies and other persons that the county elections administrator may employ. (b) Repealed by Acts 2005, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.040 - Bond
  (a) Before assuming the duties of a county elections administrator, the person appointed to the position must give a bond that is in an amount ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.041 - Seal
  The county elections administrator shall have an official seal, on which shall be inscribed a star with five points surrounded by the words "County Elections ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.042 - Transfer Of Records
  As soon as practicable after the effective date of the creation of the position of county elections administrator, the officer formerly serving as the voter ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.043 - Duties Of Administrator Generally
  The county elections administrator shall perform: (1) the duties and functions of the voter registrar; (2) the duties and functions placed on the county clerk ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.044 - Division Of Certain Duties Between County Clerk And Administrator
  (a) With respect to meetings of the commissioners court, including meetings at which the only business conducted pertains to elections, the county clerk shall perform ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.045 - Classification Of Duties By Secretary Of State
  (a) The secretary of state shall adopt rules consistent with Sections 31.043 and 31.044 that classify the duties and functions placed on the county clerk ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.046 - Misdirection Of Document
  (a) If a document that should be filed with or submitted to the county elections administrator is mailed to the county clerk or vice versa, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.047 - Action By Wrong Officer
  If a statute specifies that an action is to be taken by the county clerk without specifying that it is to be taken by the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.048 - Abolishing Position
  (a) The commissioners court by written order may abolish the position of county elections administrator at any time. (b) After the effective date of an ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.049 - Criminal Penalties
  A statute prescribing a criminal penalty against the county clerk or the clerk's deputies or other employees for conduct relating to duties or functions transferred ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.071 - Transfer Of Duties
  (a) The commissioners court by written order may transfer to the county tax assessor-collector the duties and functions of the county clerk in connection with ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.072 - Applicability Of Other Sections
  To the extent practicable, Sections 31.043-31.047 and Section 31.049 apply to the transfer of election duties and functions under this subchapter. For this purpose, the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.073 - Transfer Of Records
  As soon as practicable after the effective date of a transfer of duties and functions under Section 31.071, the county clerk shall transfer to the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.074 - Appropriation By Commissioners Court
  The amount initially appropriated by the commissioners court for the duties and functions to be performed by the county tax assessor-collector under this subchapter may ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.075 - Guidelines
  The secretary of state shall prepare advisory budgetary guidelines for the performance of the duties and functions of the county tax assessor-collector that are consolidated ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.076 - Rescission Of Transfer Order
  (a) The commissioners court by written order may rescind an order adopted under Section 31.071 at any time after two years have elapsed from the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.091 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "County election officer" means the county elections administrator in counties having that position, the county tax assessor-collector in counties in which ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.092 - Contract For Election Services Authorized
  (a) The county election officer may contract with the governing body of a political subdivision situated wholly or partly in the county served by the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.093 - Duty To Contract
  (a) If requested to do so by a political subdivision or political party, the county elections administrator shall enter into a contract to furnish the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.094 - Services Performable Under Contract
  Subject to Sections 31.096 and 31.097, an election services contract may provide for the county election officer to perform or to supervise the performance of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.095 - Delegation To Deputies
  (a) The county election officer may assign deputies to perform any of the contracted services. (b) In a county not having the office of county ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.096 - Nontransferable Functions
  An election services contract may not change: (1) the authority with whom applications of candidates for a place on a ballot are filed; (2) the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.097 - Early Voting
  (a) An election services contract may provide that the county election officer's deputies may serve as deputy early voting clerks even if the officer is ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.098 - Payment Of Election Expenses
  (a) An election services contract may authorize the county election officer to contract with third persons for election services and supplies and may provide that ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.099 - Filing Copies Of Contract
  (a) Not later than the 10th day after the date an election services contract is executed, the county election officer shall file a copy of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.100 - Disposition Of Contract Money; Payment Of Contracting Officer's Expenses
  (a) Money paid to a county election officer under an election services contract shall be deposited in a separate fund in the county treasury. The ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.121 - Presiding Officer Failing To Act
  Two or more members of the governing body of a political subdivision may perform a duty placed by this code on the presiding officer of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.122 - Office Hours Of Election Authority During Election Period
  (a) Except as provided by Section 31.123, each county clerk, city secretary, or secretary of the governing body of a political subdivision other than a ...
• Texas Election Code Section 31.123 - Appointment Of Agent During Election Period
  (a) If the secretary of the governing body of a political subdivision other than a county or city or the authority performing the duties of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.001 - Presiding Judge And Alternate For Each Election Precinct
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.002 - Judges For County Election
  (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) ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.003 - Judges For Consolidated County Election Precincts
  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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.004 - Judges For Other Elections Ordered By County Authority
  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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.005 - Judges For Elections Of Other Political Subdivisions
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.006 - Judges For Primary Elections
  (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, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.007 - Emergency Appointment
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.008 - Order Of Appointment
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.009 - Notice Of Appointment
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.010 - Furnishing Precinct Boundary Information To Judges
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.011 - Conflicts With Other Law
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.031 - Presiding Judge To Appoint Clerks
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.032 - Alternate Presiding Judge As Clerk
  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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.033 - Number Of Clerks
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.034 - Clerks For Elections For Federal, State, And County Offices
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.035 - Conflicts With City Charter
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.051 - General Eligibility Requirements
  (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) ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.052 - Ineligibility Of Public Officer
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.053 - Ineligibility Of Candidate For Public Office
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.054 - Ineligibility Of Employee Or Relative Of Candidate
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.055 - Ineligibility Of Campaign Treasurer
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.0551 - Ineligibility Of Campaign Manager
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.0552 - Ineligibility Of Person Convicted Of Election Offense
  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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.056 - City Charter Requirements
  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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.071 - General Responsibility Of Presiding Judge
  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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.072 - Duties And Working Hours Of Clerks
  (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. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.073 - Absence Of Election Officers From Polling Place
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.074 - Administration Of Oaths
  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, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.075 - Law Enforcement Duties And Powers
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.091 - Compensation For Services At Polling Place
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.092 - Compensation For Delivering Election Records And Supplies
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.093 - Authority Fixing Compensation
  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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.094 - Statement Of Compensation
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.111 - Training Standards For Election Judges
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.112 - Expense Of Training Judges
  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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.113 - Training Programs
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.114 - Public County Training Program
  (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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 32.115 - Secretary Of State To Assist In Training
  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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.001 - Watcher Defined
  In this code, "watcher" means a person appointed under this subchapter to observe the conduct of an election on behalf of a candidate, a political ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.002 - Appointment By Candidate
  (a) Watchers may be appointed by each candidate whose name appears on the ballot or the list of declared write-in candidates in an election for: ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.003 - Appointment By Political Party
  (a) The county chair of each political party that has one or more nominees on the ballot may appoint watchers. (b) If the county chair ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.004 - Appointment For Write-In Candidate
  (a) A group of registered voters may appoint watchers on behalf of a write-in candidate in an election in which a declaration of write-in candidacy ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.005 - Appointment For Election On Measure
  (a) In an election on a measure, watchers may be appointed by the campaign treasurer or an assistant campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose political committee ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.006 - Certificate Of Appointment
  (a) For an appointment of a watcher to be effective, the appointing authority must issue a certificate of appointment to the appointee. (b) A certificate ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.007 - Number And Place Of Service Of Watchers
  (a) Each appointing authority may appoint not more than two watchers for each precinct polling place, meeting place for an early voting ballot board, or ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.031 - General Eligibility Requirements
  (a) To be eligible to serve as a watcher, a person must be a qualified voter: (1) of the county in which the person is ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.032 - Ineligibility Of Candidate For Public Office
  (a) A person is ineligible to serve as a watcher in an election if the person is a candidate for a public office in an ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.033 - Ineligibility Of Employee Or Relative Of Election Officer
  (a) A person is ineligible to serve as a watcher at a particular location if the person is the employer of or is employed by ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.034 - Ineligibility Of Public Officer
  (a) A person who holds an elective public office is ineligible to serve as a watcher in an election. (b) For purposes of this section, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.035 - Ineligibility Of Person Convicted Of Election Offense
  A person is ineligible to serve as a watcher in an election if the person has been finally convicted of an offense in connection with ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.051 - Acceptance Of Watcher
  (a) A watcher appointed to serve at a precinct polling place, a meeting place for an early voting ballot board, or a central counting station ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.052 - Hours Of Service At Precinct Polling Place
  A watcher at a precinct polling place may begin service at any time after the presiding judge arrives at the polling place on election day ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.053 - Hours Of Service At Early Voting Polling Place
  A watcher serving at an early voting polling place may be present at the polling place at any time it is open and until completion ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.054 - Hours Of Service At Early Voting Ballot Board Meeting
  (a) A watcher serving at the meeting place of an early voting ballot board may be present at any time the board is processing or ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.055 - Hours Of Service At Central Counting Station
  (a) A watcher serving at a central counting station may be present at any time the station is open for the purpose of processing or ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.056 - Observing Activity Generally
  (a) Except as provided by Section 33.057, a watcher is entitled to observe any activity conducted at the location at which the watcher is serving. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.057 - Observing Preparation Of Voter's Ballot
  (a) A watcher is entitled to be present at the voting station when a voter is being assisted by an election officer, and the watcher ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.058 - Restrictions On Watcher's Activities
  (a) While on duty, a watcher may not: (1) converse with an election officer regarding the election, except to call attention to an irregularity or ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.059 - Observing Securing Of Voting System Equipment Before Election
  (a) A watcher appointed to serve at a polling place in an election using voting system equipment that is required to be delivered to the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.060 - Observing Delivery Of Election Records
  (a) On request of a watcher, an election officer who delivers election records from a precinct polling place, an early voting polling place, a meeting ...
• Texas Election Code Section 33.061 - Unlawfully Obstructing Watcher
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person serves in an official capacity at a location at which the presence of watchers is authorized ...
• Texas Election Code Section 34.001 - Appointment Of State Inspectors
  (a) The secretary of state may appoint one or more state inspectors for an election. (b) The secretary of state shall appoint one or more ...
• Texas Election Code Section 34.002 - Duties And Privileges
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a state inspector is entitled to be present at and observe any function or activity at a polling ...
• Texas Election Code Section 34.003 - Travel Expenses
  Subject to specific legislative appropriation, the secretary of state may reimburse state inspectors for travel expenses in an amount determined by the secretary but not ...
• Texas Election Code Section 34.004 - Inspections By Secretary Of State
  The secretary of state or a member of the secretary's staff may make inspections in the same manner as state inspectors whether or not a ...
• Texas Election Code Section 34.005 - Action By Secretary Of State
  The secretary of state may refer a reported violation of law for appropriate action to the attorney general, if the attorney general has jurisdiction, or ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.001 - Uniform Election Dates
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, each general or special election in this state shall be held on one of the following dates: ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.0011 - Emergency Requiring Early Election
  (a) If the governor determines that an emergency warrants holding a special election before the appropriate uniform election date, the election may be held on ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.002 - General Election For State And County Officers
  The general election for state and county officers shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years. Acts ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.004 - Special Election Within Particular Period
  (a) If a law outside this code other than the constitution requires a special election subject to Section 41.001(a) to be held within a particular ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.0041 - Election On Measure After Particular Period
  (a) If a law outside this code other than the constitution prohibits another election from being held on the same or a similar measure for ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.005 - General Election Of Political Subdivision Other Than County
  (a) This section does not apply to a general election for county officers. (b) If a law outside this code requires the general election for ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.0051 - General Election In Certain Coastal Cities
  The general election for officers of a city that borders the Gulf of Mexico, has a population of more than 230,000 according to the 1980 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.0052 - Changing General Election Date
  (a) The governing body of a political subdivision other than a county may, not later than December 31, 2005, change the date on which it ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.0053 - Elections On Spring Uniform Date In Certain Political Subdivisions
  (a) This section applies only to: (1) a city with a population of more than 450,000 in which all members of the city's governing body ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.006 - Adjusting Election Schedule
  If under this subchapter an election is held on a date other than a date prescribed by other law, the date for a runoff election, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.007 - Primary Elections
  (a) The general primary election date is the first Tuesday in March in each even-numbered year. (b) The runoff primary election date is the second ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.008 - Effect Of Holding Election On Improper Date
  An election held on a date not permitted by this subchapter is void. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.031 - Voting Hours
  (a) Except as provided by Section 41.033, the polls shall be opened at 7 a.m. for voting and shall be closed at 7 p.m. (b) ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.032 - Voting After Polls Close
  (a) A voter who has not voted before the time for closing the polls is entitled to vote after that time if the voter is ...
• Texas Election Code Section 41.033 - Early Closing Of Certain Polls
  Notwithstanding Section 41.031(a), an entity created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, may close the polls before 7 p.m. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.001 - Precincts Established By Commissioners Court
  (a) Each commissioners court by order shall divide all the territory of the county into county election precincts in accordance with this subchapter. The precincts ...
• Texas Election Code Section 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 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.003 - Boundary Description
  Each county election precinct must be described by natural or artificial boundaries or by survey lines. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.004 - Precinct Identification
  The commissioners court shall identify each county election precinct by a number. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.005 - Relationship To Wards, Districts, And Justice And Commissioners Precincts
  (a) A county election precinct, including a consolidated precinct, may not contain territory from more than one of each of the following types of territorial ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.0051 - Combining Certain Precincts
  (a) If changes in county election precinct boundaries to give effect to a redistricting plan result in county election precincts with a number of registered ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.006 - Population Requirements
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a county election precinct must contain at least 100 but not more than 5,000 registered voters. (b) ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.007 - Combining Incorporated And Unincorporated Territory
  A commissioners court may not establish a county election precinct containing territory inside a city with a population of 10,000 or more and unincorporated territory ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.008 - Consolidating Precincts In Special Election
  (a) In a special election for which use of county election precincts is required, the commissioners court may consolidate, on the recommendation of the county ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.009 - Consolidating Precincts In Primary Election
  The county executive committee of a political party holding a primary election may order two or more county election precincts consolidated into a single precinct ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.010 - Recommendation On Elimination Of Less Populous Precincts
  (a) After each redistricting of a ward of a city described by Section 42.005(a)(6), the commissioners court may submit recommendations to the governing body of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.031 - Reviewing Precincts For Compliance: Boundary Changes
  (a) During March or April of each odd-numbered year, each commissioners court shall determine whether the county election precincts comply with Sections 42.005, 42.006, and ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.032 - Redistricting: Boundary Changes
  If changes in county election precinct boundaries are necessary to give effect to a redistricting plan under Article III, Section 28, of the Texas Constitution, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.033 - Effective Date Of Boundary Change
  (a) A change in a county election precinct boundary takes effect on the first day of the first even-numbered voting year following the voting year ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.034 - Notice To Registrar
  The commissioners court shall deliver a certified copy of an order changing a county election precinct boundary to the voter registrar not later than the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.035 - Public Notice
  (a) Beginning with the first week following the week in which an order changing a county election precinct boundary is adopted, the commissioners court shall ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.036 - Additional Notice In Populous Counties
  (a) This section applies only to a county with a population of one million or more. (b) The commissioners court shall deliver written notice of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.037 - Filing Map Of Precinct Boundary Changes With Secretary Of State
  (a) Not later than the 120th day after the date an order changing a county election precinct boundary is adopted, the county clerk shall deliver ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.061 - Precincts Of Political Subdivision Other Than County
  (a) The governing body of a political subdivision other than a county shall establish the election precincts for elections ordered by an authority of the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.0615 - Notice To Registrar Of Boundary Change Of Political Subdivision
  A political subdivision that changes its boundaries or the boundaries of districts used to elect members to the governing body of the political subdivision shall ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.062 - Precincts For Certain Special Elections
  A county authority ordering an election shall establish the election precincts for the election if: (1) the election is a special election affecting only part ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.0621 - Precincts For November Election
  (a) In an election held on the November uniform election date, the participating political subdivisions not located in a county with a population of more ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.063 - Boundary Description
  Each election precinct established under this subchapter must be described by natural or artificial boundaries, by survey lines, or if the precinct is coterminous with ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.064 - Precinct Identification
  If more than one election precinct is established under this subchapter, the authority establishing the precincts shall identify each precinct by a name or number. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 42.065 - Conflicts With Other Law
  A law outside this subchapter supersedes this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.001 - One Polling Place In Each Precinct
  Each election precinct established for an election shall be served by a single polling place located within the boundary of the precinct. Acts 1985, 69th ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.002 - Designation Of Location: General Or Special Election Using County Precincts
  (a) For a general or special election in which the use of county election precincts is required, the county clerk shall recommend the location of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.003 - Designation Of Location: Primary Election
  The county chair of a political party holding a primary election shall designate the location of the polling place for each election precinct in the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.004 - Designation Of Location: Elections Of Other Political Subdivisions
  (a) The governing body of each political subdivision authorized to hold elections, other than a county, shall designate the location of the polling place for ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.005 - Designation Of Location: Certain Special Elections
  The authority establishing election precincts under Section 42.062 shall designate the location of the polling place for each precinct. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.006 - Conflicts With Other Law
  A law outside this subchapter supersedes this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.007 - Countywide Polling Place Pilot Program
  Text of section effective until January 2, 2007 (a) The secretary of state shall implement a pilot program to evaluate the use of countywide ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.031 - Polling Place In Public Building
  (a) In this subchapter, "public building" means a building owned or controlled by the state or a political subdivision. (b) Each polling place shall be ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.032 - Building Acquired By County For Polling Place
  (a) If a public building is unavailable for use as the polling place for a county election precinct, the commissioners court may purchase or construct ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.033 - Consideration For Use Of Public Building As Polling Place
  (a) No charge, including a charge for personnel, utilities, or other expenses incurred before or after regular business hours, may be made for the use ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.034 - Accessibility Of Polling Place To The Elderly And Persons With Physical Disabilities
  (a) Each polling place shall be accessible to and usable by the elderly and persons with physical disabilities. To be considered accessible, a polling place ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.061 - Notice Of Change Of Location Of Polling Place
  (a) This section applies only to a general or special election that is ordered by the governor or the county judge. (b) If the location ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.062 - Notice At Previous Polling Place
  If the location of the polling place for an election precinct is different from the location used for the precinct in the preceding election ordered ...
• Texas Election Code Section 43.063 - Use Of Computerized Information
  In an election in which detailed poll location information is available at a polling place through a computer, an election officer shall provide that information ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.001 - Election Supplies
  In this chapter, "election supplies" means the equipment, ballots, forms, lists of registered voters, and other materials necessary to conduct an election. Acts 1985, 69th ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.002 - County Election Board
  (a) A county election board is established in each county for the general election for state and county officers, a special election for an officer ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.003 - Procuring And Allocating Supplies
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the following authority shall procure the election supplies necessary to conduct an election and shall determine the quantity of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.004 - Distributing Supplies
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority responsible for procuring the election supplies for an election shall distribute the supplies for the election. ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.005 - Number Of Ballots
  (a) The authority responsible for procuring the election supplies for an election shall provide for each election precinct a number of ballots equal to at ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.006 - Preparing Ballots For Distribution
  The authority responsible for distributing election supplies shall package and seal each set of ballots before their distribution and shall mark the package with the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.007 - Record Of Ballot Distribution
  (a) As soon as practicable after the ballots are packaged for distribution, the authority responsible for distributing election supplies shall prepare a record of the ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.008 - Supplementing Distributed Ballots
  (a) The authority responsible for distributing election supplies shall retain a reserve of ballots to supplement the distributed ballots and on election day may reallocate ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.009 - Sheriff To Deliver Supplies
  (a) The sheriff shall deliver the election supplies that a county clerk is responsible for distributing, on request of the clerk, to each presiding judge ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.010 - Failure To Distribute Or Deliver Supplies
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person is responsible for distributing election supplies for an election and intentionally fails to distribute any of ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.011 - Obstructing Distribution Of Supplies
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally obstructs the distribution of election supplies for an election. (b) An offense under this section ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.013 - Identification Of Printers For Primary Election Or General Election For State And County Officers
  (a) Each person who prints ballots or other election supplies for a primary election or the general election for state and county officers shall file ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.031 - Approval Of Ballot And Voting Booths
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the secretary of state must approve the composition and design of ballot boxes and voting booths before ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.032 - Voting Booths
  (a) Voting booths that provide privacy for voters while marking their ballots shall be provided at each polling place. (b) The entrance of the voting ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.033 - Number And Use Of Ballot Boxes
  (a) Four ballot boxes shall be used at each polling place in an election and shall be marked as follows: (1) "Ballot Box No. 1 ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.034 - Specifications For Ballot Boxes
  (a) Each ballot box must be made of a sturdy material and suitably designed for its intended use. Each box must have a lock and ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.035 - Use Of County-Owned Equipment For Primary Election
  (a) On request of the county chair of a political party holding a primary election, the county clerk shall furnish available county-owned ballot boxes and ...
• Texas Election Code Section 51.036 - Custodian Of Equipment
  Except as otherwise provided by this code, the authority responsible for distributing election supplies for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision ...
• Texas Election Code Section 52.001 - Official Ballot
  (a) Except as prov