Tex. Elec. Code § 172.127 · Subchapter E. CONDUCT OF ELECTION
CONTENT OF SIGN USED TO IDENTIFY POLLING PLACE LOCATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(4), eff. September 1, 2017.
(b) The presiding judge or alternate presiding judge for the precinct may post signs at a polling place for a primary election or a primary runoff election that:
(1) identify the names of, or symbols representing, any political parties holding an election at the polling place; and
(2) do not refer to a candidate or measure on the ballot.
(c) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to provide that signs posted as authorized by Subsection (b) in the same county have a similar size and format.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (H.B. 719), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 46, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(4), eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm
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