Sec. 51.002. COUNTY ELECTION BOARD. (a) A county election board is established in each county for the general election for state and county officers, a special election for an officer regularly elected at the general election, and any other election ordered by a county authority or held at county expense.
(b) For the general election for state and county officers and for a special election for an officer regularly elected at the general election, the county election board consists of the county judge, county clerk*, voter registrar*, sheriff, and county chair of each political party required to nominate candidates by primary election. For other elections, the board consists of the county judge, county clerk*, voter registrar*, and sheriff.
(c) The county clerk* is the chair of the county election board.
(d) A meeting of the county election board shall be:
(1) held in person; and
(2) open to the public.
(e) Not later than 48 hours before each meeting of the county election board, the county clerk* shall post notice of the meeting on the county’s Internet website, if the county maintains a website.
Sec. 51.003. PROCURING AND ALLOCATING SUPPLIES. Except as otherwise provided by law, the following authority shall procure the election supplies necessary to conduct an election and shall determine the quantity of the various types of supplies to be provided to each precinct polling place and early voting polling place:
(1) for an election ordered by the governor or a county authority, the county clerk*, subject to the approval of the county election board;
(2) for a primary election, the county chair of the political party holding the primary, subject to the approval of the party’s county executive committee;
(3) for an election ordered by a city authority, the city secretary; and (4) for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county or city, the secretary of the subdivision’s governing body or, if the governing body has no secretary, the governing body’s presiding officer.
*Sec. 31.043. DUTIES OF ADMINISTRATOR GENERALLY. The county elections administrator shall perform:
(1) the duties and functions of the voter registrar;
(2) the duties and functions placed on the county clerk by this code;
Notices, Agendas, Minutes
Minutes, County Election Board 9-5-25
Notice/Agenda County Election Board 9-5-25