Tex. Election Code § 101.007
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 101.007, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 101.007. DESIGNATION OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
Official statutory text
(a) The secretary of state is designated as the state office to provide information regarding voter registration procedures and absentee ballot procedures, including procedures related to the federal write-in absentee ballot, to be used by persons eligible to vote under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff et seq.).
(b) The secretary of state is designated as the state coordinator between military and overseas voters and county election officials. A county election official shall:
(1) cooperate with the secretary of state to ensure that military and overseas voters timely receive accurate balloting materials that a voter is able to cast in time for the election; and
(2) otherwise comply with the federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (Pub. L. No. 111-84, Div. A, Title V, Subt. H).
(c) The secretary of state may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
(d) The secretary of state shall make a checklist or similar guidelines available for optional use by early voting clerks in processing an application and providing balloting materials under this chapter.
(b) The secretary of state is designated as the state coordinator between military and overseas voters and county election officials. A county election official shall:
(1) cooperate with the secretary of state to ensure that military and overseas voters timely receive accurate balloting materials that a voter is able to cast in time for the election; and
(2) otherwise comply with the federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (Pub. L. No. 111-84, Div. A, Title V, Subt. H).
(c) The secretary of state may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
(d) The secretary of state shall make a checklist or similar guidelines available for optional use by early voting clerks in processing an application and providing balloting materials under this chapter.
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