Texas Election Code 12.004 – Office Hours
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(a) The registrar shall conduct voter registration activities at all times during regular office hours.
(b) The registrar may keep the office open for voter registration activities at times other than regular office hours. The registrar shall post notice of the irregular days and hours the office will be open. The notice must remain posted continuously at each entrance to the registrar’s office for the period beginning not later than the third day before the day the office is to be open during irregular hours and ending after the last time specified in the notice for the office to be open.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 12.004
- Primary election: means an election held by a political party under Chapter 172 to select its nominees for public office, and, unless the context indicates otherwise, the term includes a presidential primary election. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- Statewide office: means an office of the federal or state government that is voted on statewide. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- Uniform election date: means an election date prescribed by § 41. See Texas Election Code 1.005
(c) The registrar’s office shall remain open for voter registration activities during the hours the polls are required to be open for voting on the date of any general or primary election in which a statewide office appears on the ballot or any other election held in the county on a uniform election date.
(d) If early voting by personal appearance is required to be conducted for extended hours under Section 85.005(c) or for weekend hours under Section 85.006(e), the registrar’s office shall remain open for providing voter registration information during the extended hours or weekend hours that the main early voting polling place is open for voting.