Texas Election Code 85.067 – Public Notice of Branch Voting Schedule
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(a) The early voting clerk shall post for each election a schedule stating:
(1) the location of each permanent and temporary branch polling place at which voting will be conducted and the election precincts served by each branch polling place; and
(2) except as provided by Subsection (b), the dates and hours that temporary branch voting will be conducted.
(b) The schedule is not required to include dates and hours for which public notice is posted under § 85.068.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 85.067
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Political subdivision: means a county, city, or school district or any other governmental entity that:
(A) embraces a geographic area with a defined boundary;
(B) exists for the purpose of discharging functions of government; and
(C) possesses authority for subordinate self-government through officers selected by it. See Texas Election Code 1.005
(c) The schedule shall be posted continuously for a period beginning not later than the fifth day before the first day of the period for early voting by personal appearance and ending on the last day of that period. The schedule may be amended after the beginning of early voting by personal appearance to include notice of additional temporary branch polling place locations, dates, and hours, but any amendment must be made not later than the fifth day before the date the voting is scheduled to begin at the additional temporary branch.
(d) The schedule shall be posted on:
(1) the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the governing body of the political subdivision served by the authority ordering the election or, if the early voting clerk is the county clerk of a county that does not maintain an Internet website or city secretary, meetings of the commissioners court or city governing body, as applicable; or
(2) the county’s Internet website if the early voting clerk is the county clerk of a county that maintains an Internet website.
(e) The early voting clerk shall make copies of the schedule available to the public in reasonable quantities without charge during the posting period.