Texas Election Code Title 5, Chapter 51 - Election Supplies

SUBCHAPTER A PROCURING, ALLOCATING, AND DISTRIBUTING ELECTION SUPPLIES

• Texas Section 51.001 - Election Supplies
  In this chapter, "election supplies" means the equipment, ballots, forms, lists of registered voters, and other materials necessary to conduct an election. Acts 1985, 69th...
• Texas Section 51.002 - County Election Board
  (a) A county election board is established in each county for the general election for state and county officers, a special election for an officer...
• Texas Section 51.003 - Procuring And Allocating Supplies
  Except as otherwise provided by law, the following authority shall procure the election supplies necessary to conduct an election and shall determine the quantity of...
• Texas Section 51.004 - Distributing Supplies
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority responsible for procuring the election supplies for an election shall distribute the supplies for the election....
• Texas Section 51.005 - Number Of Ballots
  (a) The authority responsible for procuring the election supplies for an election shall provide for each election precinct a number of ballots equal to at...
• Texas Section 51.006 - Preparing Ballots For Distribution
  The authority responsible for distributing election supplies shall package and seal each set of ballots before their distribution and shall mark the package with the...
• Texas Section 51.007 - Record Of Ballot Distribution
  (a) As soon as practicable after the ballots are packaged for distribution, the authority responsible for distributing election supplies shall prepare a record of the...
• Texas Section 51.008 - Supplementing Distributed Ballots
  (a) The authority responsible for distributing election supplies shall retain a reserve of ballots to supplement the distributed ballots and on election day may reallocate...
• Texas Section 51.009 - Sheriff To Deliver Supplies
  (a) The sheriff shall deliver the election supplies that a county clerk is responsible for distributing, on request of the clerk, to each presiding judge...
• Texas Section 51.010 - Failure To Distribute Or Deliver Supplies
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person is responsible for distributing election supplies for an election and intentionally fails to distribute any of...
• Texas Section 51.011 - Obstructing Distribution Of Supplies
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally obstructs the distribution of election supplies for an election. (b) An offense under this section...

SUBCHAPTER B ELECTION EQUIPMENT

• Texas Section 51.013 - Identification Of Printers For Primary Election Or General Election For State And County Officers
  (a) Each person who prints ballots or other election supplies for a primary election or the general election for state and county officers shall file...
• Texas Section 51.031 - Approval Of Ballot And Voting Booths
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the secretary of state must approve the composition and design of ballot boxes and voting booths before...
• Texas Section 51.032 - Voting Booths
  (a) Voting booths that provide privacy for voters while marking their ballots shall be provided at each polling place. (b) The entrance of the voting...
• Texas Section 51.033 - Number And Use Of Ballot Boxes
  (a) Four ballot boxes shall be used at each polling place in an election and shall be marked as follows: (1) "Ballot Box No. 1...
• Texas Section 51.034 - Specifications For Ballot Boxes
  (a) Each ballot box must be made of a sturdy material and suitably designed for its intended use. Each box must have a lock and...
• Texas Section 51.035 - Use Of County-owned Equipment For Primary Election
  (a) On request of the county chair of a political party holding a primary election, the county clerk shall furnish available county-owned ballot boxes and...
• Texas Section 51.036 - Custodian Of Equipment
  Except as otherwise provided by this code, the authority responsible for distributing election supplies for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision...

Last modified: September 28, 2016