Tex. Const. art. III, § 41 · Article 3. LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
ELECTIONS BY SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
In all elections by the Senate and House of Representatives, jointly or separately, the vote shall be given viva voce, except in the election of their officers.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876.)
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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- sha256 68e4ff6e29232594349752079145414ff56c785cb38639c4d8b1ea363b956ef7
- 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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