Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.171

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.171 – Administrative Complaint Procedures for Violations of Title III of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (a) Definitions. In this section: (1) “HAVA” means the federal Help America Vote Act. (2) “Party or Parties” means the person making the complaint and any political subdivisions, officer-holders, or individuals against […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.161

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.161 – Disbursement of Surplus Funds from Election Service Contracts under the Texas Election Code, SectionRSA31.003 (a) The Election Code, § RSA 31.100(g), states that the commissioners court may not consider the availability of the election services contract fund in adopting the budget for the office of the county election […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.157

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.157 – Joint-Primary Contract with the County Election Officer (a) If a joint primary is approved, the county election officer shall supervise the primary and runoff elections, as applicable, in accordance with § RSA 172.126 of the Texas Election Code. (b) The county chair of each political party and election […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.156

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.156 – Liability of County Election Officer The county election officer is not liable, in his or her official or individual capacity, for debts related to the conduct of a joint primary incurred by the county executive committee or county chairs resulting from an insufficient legislative appropriation.

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.155

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.155 – Returning Surplus Funds Following final payment of necessary expenses for conducting the joint primary elections, not later than August 31 of the year in which the primary elections occur, and upon the SOS approval of all final costs, , surplus primary funds shall be remitted to the SOS. […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.154

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.154 – Ballots for Joint Primary Elections The county election officer shall prepare ballots in a joint primary so that each party’s ballots are easily distinguishable. The county election officer may use different colors of paper in order to achieve this distinction. (Note: Yellow paper may not be used. Only […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.153

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.153 – Delivery of Election Records and Supplies (a) In joint precincts using an electronic voting system in which only one ballot box or only one voting unit is used, the co-judge from the party whose candidate for governor received the highest number of votes in the precinct or consolidated […]

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 Section 81.152

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.152 – Estimating Voter Turnout for Joint Primaries (a) Each county chair shall estimate voter turnout for each precinct using the formula set out in the following figure.Attached Graphic (b) The county election officer shall combine the turnout estimates provided by each party chair for each joint-primary precinct. (c) The […]