Sec. 51.002. COUNTY ELECTION BOARD. (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.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 51 - Election Supplies
Subchapter A. Procuring, Allocating, and Distributing Election Supplies
Section 51.001. Election Supplies
Section 51.002. County Election Board
Section 51.003. Procuring and Allocating Supplies
Section 51.004. Distributing Supplies
Section 51.005. Number of Ballots
Section 51.006. Preparing Ballots for Distribution
Section 51.007. Record of Ballot Distribution
Section 51.008. Supplementing Distributed Ballots
Section 51.009. Sheriff to Deliver Supplies
Section 51.010. Failure to Distribute or Deliver Supplies