Tex. Election Code § 32.051
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 32.051, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 32.051. GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), to be eligible to serve as a judge of an election precinct, a person must:
(1) be a qualified voter of the precinct; and
(2) for a regular county election precinct for which an appointment is made by the commissioners court, satisfy any additional eligibility requirements prescribed by written order of the commissioners court.
(b) If the authority making an appointment of a presiding judge or alternate presiding judge cannot find an eligible qualified voter of the precinct who is willing to accept the appointment, the eligibility requirement for a clerk prescribed by Subsection (c) applies.
(c) Except as provided by Section 32.0511, to be eligible to serve as a clerk of an election precinct, a person must be a qualified voter:
(1) of the county, in a countywide election ordered by the governor or a county authority or in a primary election;
(2) of the part of the county in which the election is held, for an election ordered by the governor or a county authority that does not cover the entire county of the person's residence; or
(3) of the political subdivision, in an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235, Sec. 26(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1002, Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.
(1) be a qualified voter of the precinct; and
(2) for a regular county election precinct for which an appointment is made by the commissioners court, satisfy any additional eligibility requirements prescribed by written order of the commissioners court.
(b) If the authority making an appointment of a presiding judge or alternate presiding judge cannot find an eligible qualified voter of the precinct who is willing to accept the appointment, the eligibility requirement for a clerk prescribed by Subsection (c) applies.
(c) Except as provided by Section 32.0511, to be eligible to serve as a clerk of an election precinct, a person must be a qualified voter:
(1) of the county, in a countywide election ordered by the governor or a county authority or in a primary election;
(2) of the part of the county in which the election is held, for an election ordered by the governor or a county authority that does not cover the entire county of the person's residence; or
(3) of the political subdivision, in an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235, Sec. 26(2), eff. September 1, 2009.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1002, Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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