Texas Election Code Title 16, Chapter 271 - Joint Elections

• Texas Section 271.001 - Applicability Of Other Parts Of Code
  The other titles of this code apply to a joint election except provisions that are inconsistent with this chapter or that cannot feasibly be applied...
• Texas Section 271.002 - Joint Elections Authorized
  (a) If the elections ordered by the authorities of two or more political subdivisions are to be held on the same day in all or...
• Texas Section 271.003 - Location Of Common Polling Place
  (a) A regular county polling place may be used for a common polling place in a joint election. (b) The voters of a particular election...
• Texas Section 271.004 - Allocation Of Election Expenses
  The expenses of a joint election are allocated as provided by the joint election agreement. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan....
• Texas Section 271.005 - Election Officers
  (a) An election officer for a joint election may be appointed to serve more than one of the participating political subdivisions. (b) A person who...
• Texas Section 271.006 - Early Voting
  (a) The governing bodies of the political subdivisions participating in a joint election shall decide whether to conduct their early voting jointly. The governing bodies...
• Texas Section 271.007 - Ballot
  A single ballot containing all the offices or propositions stating measures to be voted on at a particular polling place may be used in a...
• Texas Section 271.0071 - Multiple Methods Of Voting Allowed
  The restrictions on multiple methods of voting at the same polling place or in early voting prescribed by Sections 123.005-123.007 do not apply to a...
• Texas Section 271.008 - Ballot Boxes
  (a) One set of ballot boxes may be used at a common polling place in a joint election for the deposit of all the ballots...
• Texas Section 271.009 - Combining Election Forms And Records
  The forms used and records maintained at a common polling place in a joint election may be combined in any manner convenient and adequate to...
• Texas Section 271.010 - Custodian Of Election Records
  The general custodian of election records for elections ordered by an authority of any one of the political subdivisions participating in a joint election may...
• Texas Section 271.011 - Canvass
  (a) The authority responsible for canvassing the precinct returns for the elections of one of the political subdivisions participating in a joint election may be...
• Texas Section 271.012 - Certificate Of Election
  The presiding officer of the canvassing authority that regularly serves a particular political subdivision shall issue certificates of election to candidates elected at the joint...
• Texas Section 271.013 - Compensation Of Judges And Clerks
  (a) Except as provided by this section, compensation for election officers serving at a common polling place in a joint election is the same as...
• Texas Section 271.014 - Conflicts With Other Law
  A law outside this code pertaining to a joint election supersedes this chapter to the extent of any conflict. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016