Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.055
RUNOFF ELECTION
Texas · Texas Special District Local Laws Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Special District Local Laws Code § 1063.055, RUNOFF ELECTION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/588478
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(a) If no candidate for a particular director position at a regular directors' election receives a majority of the votes of the voters voting in that race, the board shall order a runoff election.
(b) At least seven days before the date of a runoff election, the board shall publish notice of the election one time in a newspaper or newspapers that individually or collectively have general circulation in the area of the runoff election.
(c) Of the names printed on the ballot at a runoff election, the name of the candidate who received the higher number of votes at the general election of directors must be printed first on the ballot.