Title EL, Election Code

Sec. 172.121. CERTIFICATION OF CANDIDATES FOR STATEWIDE AND DISTRICT OFFICES FOR PLACEMENT ON RUNOFF BALLOT. (a) The state chair shall certify on the secretary of state's website for placement on the runoff primary election ballot the name of each general primary candidate for a …

Sec. 172.122. CERTIFICATION OF NOMINEES WHO FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STATEWIDE AND DISTRICT OFFICES TO SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) The state chair shall certify by posting on the secretary of state's website the na…

Sec. 172.123. ENTERING PRIMARY RESULTS IN ELECTION REGISTER. (a) The county clerk shall enter the precinct results for the primary election in the election register maintained for the commissioners court. (b) The secretary of state shall enter the primary election results for sta…

Sec. 172.124. REPORTING PRECINCT RESULTS TO SECRETARY OF STATE RELATING TO CANDIDATES WHO FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. Text of subsection prior to the amendments made by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753…

Sec. 172.125. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE FOR ACCEPTING VOTERS IN RUNOFF. (a) For a runoff primary election, the voter registrar shall make appropriate notations to indicate the preceding party primary for which the voter was accepted for voting, if any. (b) An election officer at a run…

Sec. 172.126. JOINT PRIMARIES AUTHORIZED. (a) The primary elections in a county may be conducted jointly at the regular polling places designated for the general election for state and county officers. The county clerk shall supervise the overall conduct of the joint primary elec…

Sec. 172.127. CONTENT OF SIGN USED TO IDENTIFY POLLING PLACE LOCATION. (a) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 64(4), eff.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 …

Sec. 172.128. ALTERNATIVE PRIMARY PROCEDURE FOR COUNTIES WITHOUT COUNTY PARTY LEADERSHIP. (a) Notwithstanding a conflicting provision of this code, a primary election that is required for the nomination of a political party to a statewide office, a multicounty district office, or…

Sec. 172.129. STATEMENTS MADE BY ELECTION OFFICER WHEN PRIMARIES CONDUCTED AT SAME LOCATION. (a) This section applies only to a polling place used to hold an election for more than one political party. (b) An election officer conducting a primary election may not: (1) suggest a p…

Sec. 172.130. ACTION BY STATE CHAIR TO MEET DEADLINES FOR CONDUCT OF PRIMARY. (a) Notwithstanding a conflicting provision of this code, the state chair, or the state chair's designee, may perform any administrative duty of the county chair, county chair's designee, or county exec…

Sec. 173.001. STATE FUNDS FOR PRIMARY AUTHORIZED. (a) Subject to legislative appropriation, state funds may be spent as provided by this chapter to pay expenses incurred by a political party in connection with a primary election. (b) Expenses incurred in connection with a convent…

Sec. 173.002. STATE NOT LIABLE FOR PRIMARY EXPENSES. The state is not liable for the failure of a political party to pay expenses the party incurs in holding a primary election. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 173.003. EXPENSES INCURRED BY COUNTY. Except as otherwise provided by law, the county shall pay all the expenses incurred in connection with early voting in a primary election, except expenses relating to the printing of early voting ballots, and any other expenses incurred …

Sec. 173.004. STATE COMPENSATION OF COUNTY CHAIR AND SECRETARY OF COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (a) The total amount paid with state funds in a particular primary election year for the combined compensation of a county chair and the secretary, if any, of the county executive commit…

Sec. 173.005. STATE COMPENSATION FOR TRAINING ELECTION JUDGES. The maximum hourly rate payable with state funds in a particular primary election year to election judges serving in a primary election for attending training programs is the same as the maximum rate prescribed by thi…

Sec. 173.006. AUTHORITY TO REDUCE PRIMARY COSTS. The secretary of state may adopt rules consistent with this code that reduce the cost of primary elections or facilitate the holding of primary elections within the amount appropriated by the legislature for that purpose. Acts 1985…

Sec. 173.007. LIMITING STATE COMPENSATION FOR POLLING PLACES. (a) The secretary of state may limit the number of primary election polling places for which operating expenses are payable with state funds. (b) Rules adopted under this section must provide for state compensation for…

Sec. 173.008. LIMITING STATE COMPENSATION FOR ELECTION PERSONNEL. (a) The secretary of state may limit the number of election clerks in a primary election whose service is payable with state funds. (b) The secretary of state may limit the total state compensation payable to perso…

Sec. 173.009. DEADLINE FOR ADOPTING RULES. A rule adopted by the secretary of state under this subchapter does not apply to a primary election held less than 45 days after the date the rule is adopted. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 173.010. FURNISHING RULES AND GUIDELINES. During October preceding each primary election year, the secretary of state shall post on the secretary's website a current set of the rules and any available guidelines adopted under this subchapter. The secretary of state shall e-m…

Sec. 173.011. FINANCING OF JOINT PRIMARY ELECTIONS GENERALLY. (a) This section applies to the financing of joint primary elections notwithstanding and in addition to other applicable provisions of this code. (b) Any surplus remaining in a county primary fund shall be remitted to …

Sec. 173.031. COUNTY PRIMARY FUND. (a) A county primary fund is created for each county executive committee of a political party holding a primary election. (b) The county primary fund consists of: (1) the filing fees required to be deposited in the fund under Subchapter C; (2) t…

Sec. 173.032. STATE PRIMARY FUND. (a) A state primary fund is created for the state executive committee of each political party holding a primary election. (b) The state primary fund consists of: (1) the filing fees required to be deposited in the fund under Subchapter C; (2) the…

Sec. 173.033. USE OF PRIMARY FUND. (a) The county primary fund shall be used to pay expenses incurred by the county chair in connection with a primary election. (b) The state primary fund shall be used to pay expenses incurred by the state chair in connection with a primary elect…

Sec. 173.034. MANAGING PRIMARY FUND. (a) The county chair shall manage the county primary fund. (b) The state chair shall manage the state primary fund. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 53,…

Sec. 173.0341. STATE CHAIR AS FISCAL AGENT FOR COUNTY PARTY. (a) A state chair, or the designee of a state chair, may enter into an agreement with a county chair under which the state chair will act as a fiscal agent for the county party. (b) The secretary of state shall prescrib…

Sec. 173.035. AUDIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) The secretary of state may have a primary fund audited at any time. (b) The expenses of an audit under this section shall be paid from funds appropriated for the administration of primary elections. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec…

Sec. 173.036. STATE FUNDS FOR AUDIT REQUESTED BY PARTY. (a) The secretary of state may approve an expenditure of state funds for an audit of: (1) the state primary fund or a county primary fund on request of the state chair; or (2) a county primary fund on request of a county cha…

Sec. 173.061. FEE PAID TO COUNTY CHAIR. Except as provided by Section 173.0341(c)(2), the county chair shall deposit in the county primary fund each filing fee accompanying an application for a place on the ballot filed with the county chair. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1…

Sec. 173.062. FEE PAID TO STATE CHAIR FOR DISTRICT OFFICES REMITTED TO SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) The filing fee for a district office accompanying an application for a place on the ballot filed with the state chair during the regular filing period shall be remitted to the secretary…

Sec. 173.063. FEE RETAINED BY STATE CHAIR. The state chair shall deposit in the state primary fund each filing fee accompanying an application for a place on the ballot filed with the state chair: (1) for a statewide office; or (2) for a district office if the application is file…

Sec. 173.081. STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED PRIMARY EXPENSES. (a) Regardless of whether state funds are requested for paying primary expenses, a state or county chair shall submit to the secretary of state a written statement of estimated expenses to be incurred by the chair in connecti…

Sec. 173.082. REVIEW OF STATEMENT; APPROVAL; NOTICE. (a) On receipt of a statement of estimated primary election expenses, the secretary of state shall review the statement to determine which items of estimated expense and the amounts of those items to approve. (b) The secretary …

Sec. 173.083. STATE PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED PRIMARY EXPENSES. (a) The amount of estimated primary election expenses payable with state funds under this section is equal to: (1) for a general primary election, the difference obtained by subtracting the sum of the filing fees and cont…

Sec. 173.0831. STATE PAYMENT OF START-UP PRIMARY FUNDS. (a) Not later than the 30th day before the beginning date of the regular filing period for public offices in the general primary election, a county chair may submit to the secretary of state a written statement of estimated …

Sec. 173.0832. DIRECT REPAYMENT TO AUTHORITY CONDUCTING PRIMARY ELECTION UNDER CONTRACT IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. On request of a county election officer who conducts a primary election under an election services contract authorized under Subchapter D, Chapter 31, the secretary of sta…

Sec. 173.0833. DIRECT BILLING OF CERTAIN PRIMARY EXPENSES. (a) This section applies to election services and materials provided by a vendor for use in a primary election or primary runoff election, including: (1) the printing of paper ballot material containing candidates' names …

Sec. 173.084. EXPENSE REPORT BY PARTY. (a) Regardless of whether state funds are requested for paying primary expenses, each county chair and state chair shall prepare a report that includes: (1) an itemized list of the actual expenses incurred in connection with the general and …

Sec. 173.085. STATE PAYMENT OF EXCESS PRIMARY EXPENSES. (a) If the actual expenditure for an item of primary election expense exceeds the amount estimated for the item in the statement of estimated primary election expenses, the excess expense is payable with state funds as provi…

Sec. 173.0851. DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS IN PRIMARY FUND. (a) Any surplus remaining in a primary fund shall be remitted to the secretary of state immediately after the final payment from the fund of the necessary expenses for holding the primary elections for that year upon request …

Sec. 173.086. CHALLENGE OF DISBURSEMENT OF STATE FUNDS. (a) The authority who submitted a statement of estimated primary election expenses under this subchapter may challenge in a district court in Travis County the amount of state funds approved by the secretary of state for dis…

Sec. 173.087. LIABILITY OF COUNTY CHAIR AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The county executive committee is not liable for the debts incurred by the committee or the county chair in connection with a primary election that are unpaid because the legislative appropriation is insuffic…

Sec. 174.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a political party holding a primary election. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 174.002. MEDIA ACCESS. Representatives of the broadcast and print news media are entitled to attend a convention held under this chapter for the purpose of reporting its proceedings. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 174.003. DELEGATE TO BE QUALIFIED VOTER. In addition to the requirement of party affiliation, to be eligible to serve as a delegate to a county, senatorial district, or state convention held under this chapter, a person must be a qualified voter of the territory that the per…

Sec. 174.004. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS EXCLUSIVE. A political party may not impose eligibility requirements in addition to those prescribed by this title for serving as a delegate to a county, senatorial district, or state convention held under this code. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch…