Texas Election Code
§ 501.031 — VERIFICATION OF PETITION
EL § 501.031Title 17. LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS · Ch. 501. LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS ON SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES · Art. B. MANNER OF CALLING ELECTION
Statute text
View on source(a)The voter registrar of the county shall check the names of the signers of petitions and the voting precincts in which the signers reside to determine whether the signers were qualified voters of the county, justice precinct, or municipality at the time the petition was issued. The political subdivision may use a statistical sampling method to verify the signatures, except that on written request from a citizen of the political subdivision for which an election is sought, the political subdivision shall verify each signature on the petition. The citizen making the request shall pay the reasonable cost of the verification. The registrar shall certify to the commissioners court the number of qualified voters signing the petition.
(b)A petition signature may not be counted unless the signature is the actual signature of the purported signer and the petition:
(1)contains in addition to the signature:
(A)the signer's printed name;
(B)the signer's date of birth;
(C)if the territory from which signatures must be obtained is situated in more than one county, the county of registration;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 975 (H.B. 1799), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.