Tex. Election Code § 83.001

This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 83.001, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.

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§ 83.001. EARLY VOTING CLERK GENERALLY.

Official statutory text

(a) The early voting clerk shall conduct the early voting in each election.

(b) The clerk is an officer of the election in which the clerk serves.

(c) The clerk has the same duties and authority with respect to early voting as a presiding election judge has with respect to regular voting, except as otherwise provided by this title.

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