Tex. Election Code § 83.003

This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 83.003, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.

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§ 83.003. CLERK FOR LESS-THAN-COUNTYWIDE ELECTIONS HELD AT COUNTY EXPENSE.

Official statutory text

(a) In a less-than-countywide election ordered by the commissioners court, county judge, county board of school trustees, or any other county authority and held at county expense, the county clerk is the early voting clerk unless the authority appoints a person other than the county clerk.

(b) To be eligible for appointment as early voting clerk under this section, a person must meet the requirements for eligibility for service as a presiding election judge, except that the appointee must be a qualified voter of the county and is not required to be a qualified voter of any other particular territory.

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