Texas Election Code Title 6, Chapter 62 - Preliminary Arrangements

• Texas Section 62.001 - Officers To Assemble
  (a) On election day, the presiding judge and the election clerks the judge assigns to assist with preparing the polling place shall meet at the...
• Texas Section 62.002 - Time For Completing Arrangements
  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the arrangements prescribed by this chapter shall be completed at a polling place before it is opened for...
• Texas Section 62.003 - Election Officers: Oath And Identification
  (a) The presiding judge and the election clerks present at the polling place before the polls open shall repeat the following oath aloud: "I swear...
• Texas Section 62.004 - Arranging Voting Stations
  The voting stations shall be arranged so that: (1) the voting area is in view of the election officers, watchers, and persons waiting to vote...
• Texas Section 62.005 - Examining Ballot Boxes
  An election officer shall open and examine the ballot boxes and remove any contents from the boxes. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1,...
• Texas Section 62.006 - Placing Box For Deposit Of Marked Ballots
  The ballot box to be used by the voters to deposit marked ballots shall be locked. The ballot box and the box used for the...
• Texas Section 62.007 - Examining Ballots
  (a) An election officer shall unseal the ballot package, remove the ballots, and examine them to determine whether they are properly numbered and printed. (b)...
• Texas Section 62.008 - Presiding Judge To Sign Ballots
  (a) The presiding judge's signature shall be placed on the back of each ballot to be used at the polling place. (b) The judge shall...
• Texas Section 62.009 - Disarranging Ballots For Voters' Selection
  (a) As needed for voting, an election officer shall disarrange a supply of the ballots so that they are in random numerical order. (b) The...
• Texas Section 62.010 - Distance Marker
  (a) An election officer shall place one or more distance markers at the outer limits of the area within which electioneering is prohibited. (b) A...
• Texas Section 62.011 - Instruction Poster
  (a) An election officer shall post an instruction poster: (1) in each voting station; and (2) in one or more other locations in the polling...
• Texas Section 62.0111 - Notice Of Prohibition Of Certain Devices
  (a) At the discretion of the presiding judge, notice of the prohibition of the use of certain devices under Section 61.014 may be posted at...
• Texas Section 62.0112 - Notice Of Voter Complaint Information
  (a) At one or more locations in the polling place easily visible to voters, the presiding judge shall post notice in a form prescribed by...
• Texas Section 62.0115 - Public Notice Of Voters' Rights
  (a) The secretary of state shall adopt rules providing for publicizing voters' rights as prescribed by this section. The rules must require that a notice...
• Texas Section 62.012 - Posting Sample Ballot
  An election officer shall post a sample ballot in one or more locations in the polling place where it can be read by persons waiting...
• Texas Section 62.013 - Unauthorized Posting Of Signs Prohibited
  (a) An election officer commits an offense if the officer knowingly posts at a polling place, including the area within 100 feet of an outside...
• Texas Section 62.014 - Modification Of List Of Registered Voters
  (a) If a registration correction list is provided for a polling place, an election officer shall make the changes to the list of registered voters...
• Texas Section 62.015 - Placing Indelible Marking Instrument In Station
  (a) An indelible marking instrument shall be placed in each voting station. (b) In this section, "indelible marking instrument" means an instrument that makes marks...
• Texas Section 62.016 - Notice Of Acceptable Identification Outside Polling Places
  The presiding judge shall post in a prominent place on the outside of each polling location a list of the acceptable forms of identification. The...

Last modified: September 28, 2016