(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Saturday designated by the secretary of state.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 799 (H.B. 357), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.

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(c) This section supersedes a law outside this subchapter to the extent of a conflict notwithstanding § 2.022.
(d) A runoff election for a special election to fill a vacancy in Congress or a special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature, except an election ordered as an emergency election under § 41.0011 or an election held as an expedited election under § 203.013, shall be held not earlier than the 70th day or later than the 77th day after the date the final canvass of the main election is completed.
(e) A date designated by the secretary of state under this section for a runoff election:
(1) must be:
(A) not earlier than the 30th day after the date of the main election; and
(B) not later than the 45th day after the date of the main election; and
(2) may not:
(A) be a national or state holiday under § 1.006(f); or
(B) have an early voting period that includes a national or state holiday under § 1.006(f).