Terms Used In Texas Election Code Chapter 18 > Subchapter C - Statewide Voter Registration List

• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Election official: means :
  (A) a county clerk;
  (B) a permanent or temporary deputy county clerk;
  (C) an elections administrator;
  (D) a permanent or temporary employee of an elections administrator;
  (E) an election judge;
  (F) an alternate election judge;
  (G) an early voting clerk;
  (H) a deputy early voting clerk;
  (I) an election clerk;
  (J) the presiding judge of an early voting ballot board;
  (K) the alternate presiding judge of an early voting ballot board;
  (L) a member of an early voting ballot board;
  (M) the chair of a signature verification committee;
  (N) the vice chair of a signature verification committee;
  (O) a member of a signature verification committee;
  (P) the presiding judge of a central counting station;
  (Q) the alternate presiding judge of a central counting station;
  (R) a central counting station manager;
  (S) a central counting station clerk;
  (T) a tabulation supervisor;
  (U) an assistant to a tabulation supervisor; and
  (V) a chair of a county political party holding a primary election or a runoff primary election. See Texas Election Code 1.005
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• General election: means an election, other than a primary election, that regularly recurs at fixed dates. See Texas Election Code 1.005
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Month: means a calendar month. See Texas Government Code 312.011
• Registered voter: means a person registered to vote in this state whose registration is effective. See Texas Election Code 1.005
• Residence address: means the street address and any apartment number, or the address at which mail is received if the residence has no address, and the city, state, and zip code that correspond to a person's residence. See Texas Election Code 1.005
• Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Special election: means an election that is not a general election or a primary election. See Texas Election Code 1.005
• United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005