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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ELECTION CODE |
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Title 4. TIME AND PLACE OF ELECTIONS |
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Chapter 42. ELECTION PRECINCTS |
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Subchapter A. COUNTY ELECTION PRECINCTS |
Sec. 42.002. REQUIRED USE OF COUNTY PRECINCTS
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(a) The county election precincts are the election precincts for the following elections:
(1) the general election for state and county officers;
(2) a special election ordered by the governor;
(3) a primary election;
(4) a countywide election ordered by the commissioners court, county judge, or other county authority, except an election subject to Section 42.062(2); and
(5) as provided by Section 42.0621, any other election held on the November uniform election date of a political subdivision, other than a district that is created under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and is located in a county with a population of more than 3.3 million or a county adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
(b) Except as provided by Sections 42.008 and 42.009, county election precincts may not be consolidated for an election.