Tex. Elec. Code § 172.090 · Subchapter D. BALLOT
SEPARATE BALLOT FOR OFFICE OF PRECINCT CHAIR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a primary election, the county executive committee may provide by resolution, order, or other official action for voting by separate paper ballot for the office of precinct chair.
(b) The separate paper ballot for precinct chair must conform to the applicable standards governing regular paper ballots, except that the ballot shall be limited to the office of precinct chair.
(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe the form of the ballot for precinct chair consistent with this section.
(d) The county chair or the county clerk may produce and number ballots by hand under this section.
(e) The secretary of state shall adopt rules for conducting a hand count of ballots under this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 143, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.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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