Tex. Elec. Code § 271.003 · Chapter 271. JOINT ELECTIONS
LOCATION OF COMMON POLLING PLACE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A regular county polling place may be used for a common polling place in a joint election.
(b) The voters of a particular election precinct or political subdivision may be served in a joint election by a common polling place located outside the boundary of the election precinct or political subdivision if the location can adequately and conveniently serve the affected voters and will facilitate the orderly conduct of the election.
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. 1350, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.271.htm
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