Texas Election Code Title 16, Chapter 272 - Bilingual Requirements

• Texas Section 272.001 - Bilingual Election Materials Required
  Bilingual election materials printed in English and Spanish shall be used in elections in this state as provided by this chapter. Acts 1985, 69th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 272.002 - Election Precincts In Which Bilingual Materials Used
  Except as provided by Section 272.003, bilingual election materials shall be used in each election precinct situated wholly or partly in a county in which...
• Texas Section 272.003 - Exempt Election Precincts
  (a) An election precinct to which Section 272.002 applies may be exempted from the bilingual requirement as provided by this section if official census information...
• Texas Section 272.004 - Use Of Bilingual Materials For Early Voting
  Bilingual election materials shall be used for early voting in each election in which bilingual election materials are used. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211,...
• Texas Section 272.005 - Required Bilingual Materials
  (a) The instruction posters must be printed in English and Spanish on separate posters or on the same poster with the Spanish text next to...
• Texas Section 272.006 - Separate Translation Authorized
  (a) In an election precinct in which use of bilingual election materials is required, bilingual printing of the ballot is not required if a Spanish...
• Texas Section 272.007 - Authority Preparing Translation
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the secretary of state shall prepare the Spanish translation for the bilingual election materials required by Sections...
• Texas Section 272.008 - Optional Use Of Bilingual Materials
  (a) The governing body of the political subdivision responsible for the expenses of an election may require the use of bilingual election materials in one...
• Texas Section 272.009 - Bilingual Election Clerks
  (a) The presiding judge of an election precinct subject to Section 272.002 shall make reasonable efforts to appoint a sufficient number of election clerks who...
• Texas Section 272.010 - Voter Registration Application Form
  (a) The secretary of state shall prescribe a voter registration application form that is printed in Spanish or shall include a Spanish translation beneath the...
• Texas Section 272.011 - Bilingual Election Materials Required In Certain Political Subdivisions
  (a) If the director of the census determines under 42 U.S.C. Section 1973aa-1a that a political subdivision must provide election materials in a language other...

Last modified: September 28, 2016