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§ 85.062 — TEMPORARY BRANCH POLLING PLACE

EL § 85.062Title 7. EARLY VOTING · Part A. EARLY VOTING · Ch. 85. CONDUCT OF VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE · Art. C. BRANCH EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE

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(a)Except as provided by Subsection (d) or (e), one or more early voting polling places other than the main early voting polling place may be established by:
(1)the commissioners court, for an election in which the county clerk is the early voting clerk; or
(2)the governing body of the political subdivision served by the authority ordering the election, for an election in which a person other than the county clerk is the early voting clerk.
(b)A polling place established under this section may be located, subject to Subsection (d), at any place in the territory served by the early voting clerk and may be located inside any building as directed by the authority establishing the branch office. The polling place may not be located in a movable structure in the general election for state and county officers, general primary election, or runoff primary election. Ropes or other suitable objects may be used at the polling place to ensure compliance with Section 62.004. Persons who are not expressly permitted by law to be in a polling place shall be excluded from the polling place to the extent practicable.
(c)In any election, the location of a polling place established under this section shall be fixed at one place for the duration of the period that voting is required to be conducted at the polling place.
(d)In a primary election, the general election for state and county officers, or a special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature or in congress:
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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1085 (H.B. 1888), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 53, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 3.13, eff. December 2, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 10.01(1), eff. December 2, 2021.