Tex. Election Code § 51.004
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 51.004, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 51.004. DISTRIBUTING SUPPLIES.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority responsible for procuring the election supplies for an election shall distribute the supplies for the election.
(b) The appropriate supplies shall be distributed to each presiding election judge not later than one hour before the polls are required to be open for voting and to the early voting clerk before the beginning of early voting.
(b) The appropriate supplies shall be distributed to each presiding election judge not later than one hour before the polls are required to be open for voting and to the early voting clerk before the beginning of early voting.
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