Tex. Elec. Code § 81.001 · Chapter 81. GENERAL PROVISIONS
EARLY VOTING REQUIRED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In each election in this state, early voting shall be conducted by personal appearance at an early voting polling place and by mail.
(b) A reference in a law outside this code to "absentee voting" means "early voting."
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.03; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.81.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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