Texas Election Code Title 4, Chapter 41 - Election Dates And Hours For Voting

SUBCHAPTER A ELECTION DATES

• Texas 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 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 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 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 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 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 Section 41.0052 - Changing General Election Date
  (a) The governing body of a political subdivision, other than a county or municipal utility district, that holds its general election for officers on a...
• Texas 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 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 fourth...

SUBCHAPTER B HOURS FOR VOTING

• Texas 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, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
• Texas 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 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 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....

Last modified: September 28, 2016