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Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
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TITLE 1. ADMINISTRATION |
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PART 4. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE |
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CHAPTER 81. ELECTIONS |
| SUBCHAPTER A. VOTER REGISTRATION |
| § 81.1. Supplementation of Voter Registration Application |
| § 81.2. Use of Official Voter Registration Applications for Purposes of Changing Information or Requesting a Replacement Certificate by Volunteer Deputy Registrars |
| § 81.3. Effective Date of Changed Registration |
| § 81.4. Delivery of Application by Volunteer Deputy For Purposes of Changing Registration Information or Requesting Duplicate Certificate |
| § 81.5. Volunteer Deputy Not To Perform Duties of Registrar |
| § 81.6. Matching Criteria |
| § 81.7. Directive for High School Deputy Registrars |
| § 81.8. Documentation Establishing Citizenship |
| § 81.9. Duties of Elections Administrator |
| § 81.10. Printing of Name on Voter Registration Certificate |
| § 81.11. Definitions |
| § 81.12. Applicable Sections of the Texas Election Code |
| § 81.13. Allowable Uses of Chapter 19 Funds |
| § 81.14. Normal Day-To-Day Operation--Defined |
| § 81.15. Funding Period |
| § 81.16. Electronic Submission of Chapter 19 Purchase Request Required for Payment |
| § 81.17. Competitive Bidding Required |
| § 81.18. Approval Requirements for the Secretary of State |
| § 81.19. Method of Payment |
| § 81.20. Ownership of Equipment Purchased with Chapter 19 Funds |
| § 81.21. Records Maintenance and Payment Reviews |
| § 81.22. Use of Chapter 19 Funds for Temporary Employees |
| § 81.23. Travel Using Chapter 19 Funds Authorized |
| § 81.24. Membership Dues Detailed |
| § 81.25. Voter Registration Drives Encouraged |
| § 81.26. Technology Purchases Encouraged |
| § 81.27. Electronic Office Equipment Purchases Encouraged |
| § 81.28. NVRA--Expenses Payable |
| § 81.29. Adherence to Rules Required |
| SUBCHAPTER B. EARLY VOTING |
| § 81.30. Machines To Be Sealed |
| § 81.31. List of Declared Write-in Candidates for Mail Ballots |
| § 81.32. Late Convening of Early-Voting Ballot Board in Elections Other than General Election for State and County Officers |
| § 81.33. Late Convening of Early-Voting Ballot Board in Primary Elections |
| § 81.34. Security of Early-Voting Ballots under Election Code, §85.032(f) |
| § 81.35. Voting from Outer Space |
| § 81.36. Counting Ballots Prior to Election Day in Counties with a Population of 100,000 or More |
| § 81.37. Counting Late Ballots |
| § 81.38. Administration of Voter Registration Associated with Address Confidentiality Program |
| § 81.39. E-mailing and Tracking Balloting Materials Required by the Federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE) |
| § 81.40. Federal Postcard Application as Application for Permanent Registration and FPCA Eligibility for Electronic Transmission of Image |
| SUBCHAPTER C. VOTING SYSTEMS |
| § 81.42. Paper Ballots for Precinct Chairman |
| § 81.43. Optical Scanner Ballots |
| § 81.45. Inspection of Voting System Equipment |
| § 81.46. Delivery of Voting System Equipment |
| § 81.47. Installation of Voting System Equipment |
| § 81.49. Irregularities in Seals or Serial Numbers |
| § 81.50. Test Program |
| § 81.51. Malfunction in Tabulating Equipment |
| § 81.52. Precinct Ballot Counters |
| § 81.55. Adoption of Accessible Voting Systems |
| § 81.57. Requirements for Voting System Accessibility |
| § 81.58. Use of Electronic Signature Capture Device for Signature Roster |
| SUBCHAPTER D. VOTING SYSTEM CERTIFICATION |
| § 81.60. Voting System Certification Procedures |
| § 81.61. Condition for Approval of Electronic Voting Systems |
| § 81.62. Audit Logs for an Election Management System's Central Accumulator |
| § 81.64. Notice of Voting System Malfunction Required; Submission of Explanatory Report by Vendor Required Upon Request of Secretary of State |
| § 81.65. Procedure for Administrative Certification of Minor Modifications to Previously-Certified Voting Systems |
| SUBCHAPTER E. ELECTION DAY PROCEDURES |
| § 81.70. Approval of Voting Booths by Secretary of State |
| § 81.71. Substantially Similar Name Standards and Identity Verification |
| SUBCHAPTER F. PRIMARY ELECTIONS |
| § 81.101. Primary and Runoff Election Cost Reporting; Receipt of State Funds |
| § 81.102. Primary Funds Defined |
| § 81.103. Bank Account for Primary-Fund Deposits and Expenditures |
| § 81.104. Signature on Checks; Authorization of Primary-Fund Expenditures |
| § 81.105. Payee of Checks from Primary-Fund Account Restricted |
| § 81.106. Deposits |
| § 81.107. Primary-Fund Records |
| § 81.108. Transfer of Records to New County Chair |
| § 81.109. Costs not Payable with Primary Funds |
| § 81.110. Fidelity Bond Purchase |
| § 81.111. Interest on Start-up Loan to Open Primary Fund is Not Reimbursable |
| § 81.112. List of Candidates and Filing Fees |
| § 81.113. Misuse of State Funds |
| § 81.114. Conflicts of Interest |
| § 81.115. Requirement for Competitive Bids for Services or Products |
| § 81.116. Estimating Voter Turnout |
| § 81.117. Number of Election Workers per Polling Place |
| § 81.118. Flex Scheduling of Precinct Workers |
| § 81.119. County Chair's Compensation |
| § 81.120. Compensation for Election-Day Workers |
| § 81.121. No Compensation for Attending Election Schools for Judges or Clerks |
| § 81.122. Personnel Payroll Taxes and Benefits |
| § 81.123. Administrative Personnel and Overall Administrative Costs Limited |
| § 81.124. Number of Ballots per Voting Precinct |
| § 81.125. Number of Direct Record Electronic (DRE) Units or Precinct Ballot Counters per Voting Precinct |
| § 81.126. Training Reimbursement to Attend County Chairs Election Law Seminar |
| § 81.127. Office Equipment and Supplies |
| § 81.128. Telephone and Postage Charges |
| § 81.129. Office Rental |
| § 81.130. Payment for Use of County-Owned and Non-County-Owned Equipment |
| § 81.131. Contracting with the County Election Officer |
| § 81.132. Cost of Early Voting to Be Paid by the County |
| § 81.133. No Charge for Use of a Public Building as Polling Place; Political Conventions |
| § 81.134. Legal Expenses |
| § 81.135. Primary Procedure for Counties without County Party Leadership |
| § 81.136. Primary Procedure Upon County Chair Request or Failure to Comply with Certain Duties |
| SUBCHAPTER G. JOINT PRIMARY ELECTIONS |
| § 81.146. Applicability of Other Rules |
| § 81.147. County Election Officer to Conduct Joint Primary |
| § 81.148. Appointment of Various Election Officials |
| § 81.149. Number of Election Workers per Joint Polling Place |
| § 81.150. Qualifications of Co-judges and Alternates Co-judges |
| § 81.151. Authority of Co-Judge for Joint Primary Polling Places, Joint Primary Central Counting Station, and Joint Primary Early Voting Ballot Board |
| § 81.152. Estimating Voter Turnout for Joint Primaries |
| § 81.153. Delivery of Election Records and Supplies |
| § 81.154. Ballots for Joint Primary Elections |
| § 81.155. Returning Surplus Funds |
| § 81.156. Liability of County Election Officer |
| § 81.157. Joint-Primary Contract with the County Election Officer |
| SUBCHAPTER H. SURPLUS ELECTION CONTRACT FUNDS |
| § 81.161. Disbursement of Surplus Funds from Election Service Contracts under the Texas Election Code, §31.003 |
| SUBCHAPTER I. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002 |
| § 81.171. Administrative Complaint Procedures for Violations of Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 |
| § 81.172. Eligibility to Vote a Provisional Ballot at the Early Voting or the Election Day Polling Place |
| § 81.173. Provisional Voting Procedures at the Polling Place |
| § 81.174. Provisional Ballot Affidavit Envelope Transfer Procedures |
| § 81.175. Voter Registrar Review of Provisional Ballot Affidavit Envelopes |
| § 81.176. Early Voting Ballot Board Provisional Ballot Review |
| SUBCHAPTER J. VOTER EDUCATION |
| § 81.301. Ordered Student Mock Elections |
| SUBCHAPTER K. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT |
| § 81.402. Agency Based Registration and Review of Citizenship |
| SUBCHAPTER L. ELECTRONIC STORAGE MEDIUM STANDARDS |
| § 81.412. Optional Storage Method |
| SUBCHAPTER M. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTER EMPOWERMENT ACT |
| § 81.420. Modifications of Election Dates and Procedures under Senate Bill 100 and the MOVE Act |