Texas Election Code
§ 85.036 — ELECTIONEERING
EL § 85.036Title 7. EARLY VOTING · Part A. EARLY VOTING · Ch. 85. CONDUCT OF VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE · Art. B. POLLING PLACE PROCEDURE
Statute text
View on source(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 enter the building or structure in which the early voting polling place is located; or
(2)within 20 feet of a parking space designated for curbside voting under Section 64.009.
(b)The entity that owns or controls a public building being used as an early voting polling place may not, at any time during the early voting period, prohibit electioneering on the building's premises outside of the area described in Subsection (a), but may enact reasonable regulations concerning the time, place, and manner of electioneering.
(c)During the early voting period, the early voting clerk shall keep continuously posted:
(1)at the entrance to the room or area, as applicable, in which the early voting polling place is located, a sign on which is printed in large letters "Early Voting Polling Place"; and
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Legislative history
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 235 (H.B. 259), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 235 (H.B. 259), Sec. 4, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 923 (H.B. 521), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.