Title EL, Election Code

Sec. 85.005. REGULAR DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING. Text of subsection prior to the amendments made by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2025. Applies to elections ordered before the date the Secretary of State issues the report required by …

Sec. 85.006. VOTING ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the authority ordering an election may order early voting by personal appearance at the main early voting polling place to be conducted on one or more Saturdays or Sundays during the early voting…

Sec. 85.007. PUBLIC NOTICE OF TIME FOR VOTING. Text of subsection prior to the amendments made by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2025. Applies to elections ordered before the date the Secretary of State issues the report required by A…

Sec. 85.008. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: ELECTION IN CERTAIN CITIES. (a) This section applies only to a city with a population of more than 450,000 in which all members of the governing body are elected on an at-large basis. (b) Notwithstanding and in addition to other applicable …

Sec. 85.009. ELECTION OFFICERS FOR GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS. (a) The county clerk shall select election officers for the main early voting polling place and any branch polling place from a list provided under Subsection (b), in a manner that provides equal r…

Sec. 85.0091. EARLY VOTING ELECTION OFFICERS FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS. (a) The early voting clerk shall select election officers for a primary election for the main early voting polling place and any branch polling place in a manner consistent with Section 85.009, except that the ea…

Sec. 85.010. EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE FOR CERTAIN ELECTIONS HELD BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. (a) This section applies to an election held by a political subdivision, other than a county, on the November uniform election date in which the political subdivision: (1) is not holding…

Sec. 85.031. ACCEPTING VOTER. (a) For each person entitled to vote an early voting ballot by personal appearance, the early voting clerk shall follow the procedure for accepting a regular voter on election day, with the modifications necessary for the conduct of early voting. (b)…

Sec. 85.0311. EARLY VOTING CLERK TO SIGN BALLOTS. (a) The early voting clerk's initials shall be placed on the back of each ballot to be used at the polling place. (b) The early voting clerk shall enter the initials on each ballot or a deputy early voting clerk shall stamp a facs…

Sec. 85.032. SECURITY OF EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOX. (a) The procedure for rotating two ballot boxes applicable to a precinct polling place does not apply to an early voting polling place. Once locked for use in an election, the early voting ballot box may not be unlocked except as …

Sec. 85.033. SECURITY OF VOTING MACHINE. At the close of early voting each day, the early voting clerk shall secure each voting machine used for early voting in the manner prescribed by the secretary of state so that its unauthorized operation is prevented. The clerk shall unsecu…

Sec. 85.034. VOTER UNABLE TO ENTER POLLING PLACE. Early voting by personal appearance by a voter who is voting outside the early voting polling place shall be conducted pursuant to Section 64.009. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72n…

Sec. 85.035. ASSISTING VOTER. A person voting an early voting ballot by personal appearance who is assisted in preparing the ballot by election officers under Subchapter B, Chapter 64, may be assisted by a single officer. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. …

Sec. 85.036. ELECTIONEERING. (a) During the time an early voting polling place is open for the conduct of early voting, a person may not electioneer for or against any candidate, measure, or political party: (1) in or within 100 feet of an outside door through which a voter may e…

Sec. 85.037. BYSTANDERS EXCLUDED; UNLAWFUL PRESENCE OF CANDIDATE. Section 61.001 applies to an early voting polling place except that the period for which the conduct is proscribed is during the time the polling place is open for the conduct of early voting. Added by Acts 1997, 7…

Sec. 85.061. PERMANENT BRANCH POLLING PLACE. (a) In a countywide election in which the county clerk is the early voting clerk under Section 83.002, an early voting polling place shall be located inside each branch office that is regularly maintained for conducting general clerica…

Sec. 85.062. TEMPORARY BRANCH POLLING PLACE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (e), one or more early voting polling places other than the main early voting polling place may be established by: (1) the commissioners court, for an election in which the county clerk is th…

Sec. 85.063. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: PERMANENT BRANCH. Early voting by personal appearance at each permanent branch polling place shall be conducted on the same days and during the same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling place. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., …

Sec. 85.064. DAYS AND HOURS FOR VOTING: TEMPORARY BRANCH. (a) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 679 (H.B. 1217), Sec. 7(1), eff. September 1, 2023. (b) Early voting by personal appearance at each temporary branch polling place shall be conducted on the days that voting …

Sec. 85.066. VOTERS SERVED BY BRANCH POLLING PLACE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), any voter who is entitled to vote an early voting ballot by personal appearance may do so at any branch polling place in the territory served by the early voting clerk. (b) For a countyw…

Sec. 85.067. PUBLIC NOTICE OF BRANCH VOTING SCHEDULE. (a) The early voting clerk shall post for each election a schedule stating: (1) the location of each permanent and temporary branch polling place at which voting will be conducted and the election precincts served by each bran…

Sec. 85.068. PUBLIC NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL VOTING TIME ORDERED BY CLERK. (a) The early voting clerk shall post notice for each election stating any dates and the hours that voting on Saturday or Sunday will be conducted under Section 85.064(d), if the early voting clerk is a county…

Sec. 85.070. DELIVERY OF APPLICATIONS TO MAIN POLLING PLACE. Each early voting ballot application submitted at a branch polling place shall be delivered by an election officer to the main polling place not later than 1 p.m. on the day after the date the application is submitted. …

Sec. 85.071. DELIVERY OF BALLOTS TO MAIN POLLING PLACE. (a) During the period for early voting by personal appearance, the ballots voted at a branch polling place shall be: (1) retained securely at the branch polling place in a locked room accessible only to election officers; or…

Sec. 85.072. BRANCH DAILY REGISTER. (a) Each day early voting is conducted at a branch polling place, an election officer in charge of the branch shall prepare a register listing the voters who cast ballots at the branch that day. (b) The register must include for each voter the …