Tex. Const. art. III, § 27 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

ELECTIONS FOR LEGISLATORS.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025

Elections for Senators and Representatives shall be general througout† the State, and shall be regulated by law.

Notes and commentary — not constitutional text

History

(Feb. 15, 1876.)

Publisher's footnote

† The language of this provision is identical to the language of the official legislative measure that originally proposed the provision. A digital image of the original text of the official enrolled measure can be found here.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.3.htm
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Composed by: compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character

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