Texas Election Code
§ 172.128 — ALTERNATIVE PRIMARY PROCEDURE FOR COUNTIES WITHOUT COUNTY PARTY LEADERSHIP
EL § 172.128Title 10. POLITICAL PARTIES · Part B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION · Ch. 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS · Art. E. CONDUCT OF ELECTION
Statute text
View on source(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 a presidential primary election shall be held in accordance with this section in a county in which:
(1)the office of county chair is vacant and there is an insufficient number of members serving on the county executive committee to fill a vacancy on the committee; and
(2)the party is unable to establish a temporary executive committee under Section 171.027.
(b)On request of the state chair of a political party, a county clerk, county tax assessor-collector, or county elections administrator, as appropriate, shall contract with the state chair to hold a primary election under this section.
(c)The county clerk may combine voting precincts for an election held under this section to the extent necessary to adequately serve the voters.
(d)Voting shall be conducted at least during the hours that the county clerk's main business office is regularly open for business.
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 264 (S.B. 1448), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 47, eff. September 1, 2017.