Texas Election Code
§ 51.002 — COUNTY ELECTION BOARD
EL § 51.002Title 5. ELECTION SUPPLIES · Ch. 51. ELECTION SUPPLIES · Art. A. PROCURING, ALLOCATING, AND DISTRIBUTING ELECTION SUPPLIES
Statute text
View on source(a)A county election board is established in each county for the general election for state and county officers, a special election for an officer regularly elected at the general election, and any other election ordered by a county authority or held at county expense.
(b)For the general election for state and county officers and for a special election for an officer regularly elected at the general election, the county election board consists of the county judge, county clerk, voter registrar, sheriff, and county chair of each political party required to nominate candidates by primary election. For other elections, the board consists of the county judge, county clerk, voter registrar, and sheriff.
(c)The county clerk is the chair of the county election board.
(d)A meeting of the county election board shall be:
(1)held in person; and
(2)open to the public.
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 733 (H.B. 2800), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.