Texas Election Code Title 4, Chapter 43 - Polling Places

SUBCHAPTER A NUMBER AND LOCATION OF POLLING PLACES

• Texas Section 43.001 - One Polling Place In Each Precinct
  Each election precinct established for an election shall be served by a single polling place located within the boundary of the precinct. Acts 1985, 69th...
• Texas Section 43.002 - Designation Of Location: General Or Special Election Using County Precincts
  (a) For a general or special election in which the use of county election precincts is required, the county clerk shall recommend the location of...
• Texas Section 43.003 - Designation Of Location: Primary Election
  The county chair of a political party holding a primary election shall designate the location of the polling place for each election precinct in the...
• Texas Section 43.004 - Designation Of Location: Elections Of Other Political Subdivisions
  (a) The governing body of each political subdivision authorized to hold elections, other than a county, shall designate the location of the polling place for...
• Texas Section 43.005 - Designation Of Location: Certain Special Elections
  The authority establishing election precincts under Section 42.062 shall designate the location of the polling place for each precinct. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211,...
• Texas Section 43.006 - Conflicts With Other Law
  A law outside this subchapter supersedes this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1,

SUBCHAPTER B BUILDING FOR USE AS POLLING PLACE

• Texas Section 43.007 - Countywide Polling Place Program
  (a) The secretary of state shall implement a program to allow each commissioners court participating in the program to eliminate county election precinct polling places...
• Texas Section 43.031 - Polling Place In Public Building
  (a) In this subchapter, "public building" means a building owned or controlled by the state or a political subdivision. (b) Each polling place shall be...
• Texas Section 43.032 - Building Acquired By County For Polling Place
  (a) If a public building is unavailable for use as the polling place for a county election precinct, the commissioners court may purchase or construct...
• Texas Section 43.033 - Consideration For Use Of Public Building As Polling Place
  (a) No charge, including a charge for personnel, utilities, or other expenses incurred before or after regular business hours, may be made for the use...

SUBCHAPTER C INFORMATION REGARDING LOCATION OF POLLING PLACE

• Texas Section 43.034 - Accessibility Of Polling Place To The Elderly And Persons With Physical Disabilities
  (a) Each polling place shall be accessible to and usable by the elderly and persons with physical disabilities. To be considered accessible, a polling place...
• Texas Section 43.061 - Notice Of Change Of Location Of Polling Place
  (a) This section applies only to a general or special election that is ordered by the governor or the county judge. (b) If the location...
• Texas Section 43.062 - Notice At Previous Polling Place
  If the location of the polling place for an election precinct is different from the location used for the precinct in the preceding election ordered...
• Texas Section 43.063 - Use Of Computerized Information
  In an election in which detailed poll location information is available at a polling place through a computer, an election officer shall provide that information...

Last modified: September 28, 2016