Texas Election Code 4.004 – Contents of Notice
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(a) The notice of a general or special election must state:
(1) the nature and date of the election;
(2) except as provided by Subsection (c), the location of each polling place;
(3) the hours that the polls will be open;
(4) the Internet website of the authority conducting the election; and
(5) any other information required by other law.
(b) The notice of a special election must also state each office to be filled or the proposition stating each measure to be voted on. This subsection does not apply to an election on a proposed constitutional amendment.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 4.004
- 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.
- Law: means a constitution, statute, city charter, or city ordinance. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- Measure: means a question or proposal submitted in an election for an expression of the voters' will. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- Proposition: means the wording appearing on a ballot to identify a measure. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- Special election: means an election that is not a general election or a primary election. See Texas Election Code 1.005
(c) If notice of an election is given by posting the notice in the various election precincts, the notice posted in a precinct is not required to state the location of the polling places in other precincts.
(d) If precincts are consolidated under Section 42.008, the notice must state which precincts have been combined to form each consolidated precinct in addition to the locations of the polling places in the consolidated precincts.