yourstate.us
Home / Texas / Election Code
Tex. Election Code § 52.002

AUTHORITY PREPARING BALLOT

Texas · Texas Election Code · Status: effective

Elections & Government Ethics
Get this as JSONEmbed this
Cite this
Citation
Tex. Election Code § 52.002, AUTHORITY PREPARING BALLOT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/640308
Permanent ID
ys:prov:640308@1
SHA-256
f3671cbdae5b7161b66e0d6658e2ca220732e3572d0966502a14bc4ba342403f

The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.

Full text

Except as otherwise provided by law, the following authority shall have the official ballot prepared: (1) for an election ordered by the governor or a county authority, the county clerk; (2) for a primary election, the county chair of the political party holding the primary; (3) for an election ordered by a city authority, the city secretary; and (4) for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county or city, the secretary of the subdivision's governing body or, if the governing body has no secretary, the governing body's presiding officer.