1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.176 – Early Voting Ballot Board Provisional Ballot Review (a) Early Voting Ballot Board defined for purposes of provisional ballot review. The authority appointing the Early Voting Ballot Board may determine which members of the board will review and count the provisional ballots. The entire Early Voting Ballot Board is…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.175 – Eligibility to Vote a Provisional Ballot at the Early Voting or the Election Day Polling Place (a) Deadline to Complete Review.(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the voter registrar shall complete the review of the Provisional Ballot Affidavit Envelopes no later than the sixth…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.174 – Provisional Ballot Affidavit Envelope Transfer Procedures (a) Transfer of Early Voting Provisional Ballot Affidavit Envelopes during Early Voting Period.(1) During the early-voting-by-personal-appearance period, upon the request of the voter registrar, the general custodian of election records may request that the early voting clerk, as well as the deputy…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.173 – Provisional Voting Procedures at the Polling Place (a) Polling Place Preparation. (1) If using optical scan or regular paper ballots, the election judge shall set aside a sufficient number of regular ballots from the supply of official ballots and write or stamp “provisional” on the back of the…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.172 – Eligibility to Vote a Provisional Ballot at the Early Voting or the Election Day Polling Place (a) At all elections, the following individuals shall be eligible to cast a provisional ballot.(1) A voter who does not provide an acceptable form of identification described by § RSA 63.0101 of…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.…