Tex. Election Code § 162.005
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 162.005, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 162.005.
Official statutory text
Sec. 162.005. AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: EARLY VOTING BY MAIL. Subject to Section 162.004(a-1), the early voting clerk in a general primary election shall provide an affiliation certificate with each early voting or limited ballot to be voted by mail. The certificate is not required to be provided to an applicant for a runoff primary ballot unless the applicant requests it.
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