Tex. Elec. Code § 32.008 · Subchapter A. APPOINTMENT OF ELECTION JUDGES
ORDER OF APPOINTMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The appointment of election judges must be made by written order.
(b) The order of appointment need not be recorded in the minutes of the appointing authority.
(c) An order making an appointment for a single election shall be preserved for the period for preserving the precinct election records. An order making an appointment for a term shall be preserved for the longer of:
(1) the term for which the appointment is made; or
(2) the period for preserving precinct election records in the last election in which an appointee serves under the order.
(d) This section does not apply to an emergency appointment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.32.htm
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- 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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