1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.132 – Cost of Early Voting to Be Paid by the County (a) Pursuant to § RSA 173.003 of the Texas Election Code, the only expense to be paid from primary funds for early voting is ballot costs and the early voting ballot board. (b) The county shall pay for…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.131 – Contracting with the County Election Officer (a) The SOS has prepared a Primary Election Services Contract and a Joint Primary Election Service Contract (the “Model Contract”). Copies of the appropriate Model Contract may be obtained from the SOS. (b) The county chair may use the Model Contract when…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.130 – Payment for Use of County-Owned and Non-County-Owned Equipment (a) Section RSA 123.033 of the Texas Election Code provides for the rental rate that a county may charge for the use of its equipment. (The rental rates are $5 for each unit of tabulating equipment and $5 for each…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.129 – Office Rental (a) The rental of office space is not required for the conduct of the primary elections. (b) The SOS shall reimburse necessary office space rental expenses incurred with respect to the administration of the primary elections for a period beginning no earlier than November immediately preceding…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.128 – Telephone and Postage Charges (a) The SOS shall reimburse necessary telephone and postage costs incurred with respect to the administration of the primary elections beginning no earlier than November 1 immediately preceding the primary election and ending no later than the last day of the month in which…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.127 – Office Equipment and Supplies (a) Rental of office equipment is not required in order to conduct primary elections. (b) The county chair may lease office equipment necessary for the administration of the primary elections for a period beginning November 1 immediately preceding the primary election and ending not…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.126 – Training Reimbursement to Attend County Chairs Election Law Seminar (a) Except as provided by this section, the SOS shall reimburse from the state primary fund, the actual travel expenses for the county chair or the county chair’s designee who will be responsible for the primary finance bookkeeping to…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.125 – Number of Direct Record Electronic (DRE) Units or Precinct Ballot Counters per Voting Precinct (a) The county chair shall use the table set out in the following figure to determine the number of precinct ballot counters and DRE units allowable for each precinct.Attached Graphic (b) If a county…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.124 – Number of Ballots per Voting Precinct (a) The county chair shall determine the minimum number of ballots to be furnished to each polling place based on the estimated voter turnout formula established pursuant to § RSA 81.116 of this chapter (relating to Estimating Voter Turnout). The county chair…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.123 – Administrative Personnel and Overall Administrative Costs Limited (a) “Administrative Personnel” means a non-election-day worker. (b) The employment of administrative personnel is not required for the conduct of the primary elections. (c) Pursuant to § RSA 81.114 of this chapter (relating to Conflicts of Interest), no member of the…