Sec. 85.064. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH IN POPULOUS COUNTY. (a) This section applies only to an election in which the territory served by the early voting clerk is situated in a county with a population of 100,000 or more. In an election in which the territory served by the clerk is situated in more than one county, this section applies if the sum of the populations of the counties is 100,000 or more.
(b) Early voting by personal appearance at each temporary branch polling place established under Section 85.062(d) shall be conducted on the days that voting is required to be conducted at the main early voting polling place under Section 85.005. The authority establishing the temporary branch polling place shall determine the hours during which the voting is to be conducted on those days. The authority shall order voting to be conducted for the same number of hours that voting is required to be conducted on those days at the main early voting polling place under Section 85.005 on receipt of a written request for those hours submitted by at least 15 registered voters of the county. The request must be submitted in time to enable compliance with Section 85.067.
(c) Early voting by personal appearance at a temporary branch polling place other than a temporary branch polling place established under Section 85.062(d) may be conducted on any one or more days and during any hours of the period for early voting by personal appearance, as determined by the authority establishing the branch.
(d) The authority authorized under Section 85.006 to order early voting on a Saturday or Sunday may also order, in the manner prescribed by that section, early voting to be conducted on a Saturday or Sunday at any one or more of the temporary branch polling places. In addition, the early voting clerk of a county covered by Section 85.006(e) shall order such voting in accordance with that subsection at each temporary branch polling place established under Section 85.062(d).
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1142, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 1.13; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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