Sec. 87.002. COMPOSITION OF BOARD. (a) The early voting ballot board consists of a presiding judge and at least two other members.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the presiding judge is appointed in the same manner as a presiding election judge. Except as provided by Subsection (c), the other members are appointed by the presiding judge in the same manner as the precinct election clerks.
(c) In the general election for state and county officers, each county chair of a political party with nominees on the general election ballot shall submit to the county election board a list of names of persons eligible to serve on the early voting ballot board. The county election board shall appoint at least one person from each list to serve as a member of the early voting ballot board. The same number of members must be appointed from each list.
(d) In addition to the members appointed under Subsection (c), the county election board shall appoint the presiding judge from the list provided under that subsection by the political party whose nominee for governor received the most votes in the county in the most recent gubernatorial general election.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.14; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1381, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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