EVCIElection Voter-Confidence Index

§ 52.008 codifies the sample ballot — the voter-information analog — requiring the authority procuring election supplies to print a supply of sample ballots (yellow paper, 'SAMPLE BALLOT' in large letters) and distribute them for use in the election; § 62.012 requires posting a sample ballot in the polling place where waiting voters can read it, and § 124.004 authorizes the secretary of state to prescribe sample-ballot standards. Texas codifies the sample ballot but not a comprehensive voter pamphlet with candidate statements and ballot-question analysis.

§ 272.002 codifies a statutory multilingual-ballot trigger: bilingual (English/Spanish) election materials must be used in each election precinct in a county in which 'five percent or more of the inhabitants are persons of Spanish origin or descent according to the most recent federal decennial census.' § 272.001 mandates bilingual materials generally, § 272.004 extends them to early voting, and § 272.006 codifies the separate-translation alternative. Population-threshold trigger codified.

“five percent or more of the inhabitants are persons of Spanish origin or descent”

§ 146.023 codifies public access to candidate filings: 'a declaration of write-in candidacy is public information immediately on its filing.' § 141.040 requires the filing authority to post public notice of the candidate-filing period at least 30 days in advance, and § 141.031 codifies the contents of an application for a place on the ballot. Candidate-filing documents are publicly accessible by statute.

“A declaration of write-in candidacy is public information immediately on its filing.”

§ 146.0301 codifies the public-notice procedure for a write-in candidate's withdrawal: 'not later than the day after the date the withdrawal request is received, the appropriate authority shall deliver a written notice of the withdrawal of any candidate previously certified ... to the same authority to whom the certification was delivered.' § 145.098 codifies omitting a withdrawn or deceased candidate before the ballot is prepared, and § 2.055(c) requires posting a declaration at each polling place. A general public-notice procedure for a post-printing disqualification is only partially codified.

§ 42.035 codifies a pre-election public-notice requirement for county-election-precinct boundary changes — published in a county newspaper once a week for three consecutive weeks and on the county website. The general notice-of-election requirement (date, hours, and polling places, given not later than the 21st day before election day) is codified in § 4.003 of the Election Code; NOTIF.1's FTS surfaced the more specific boundary-change notice rather than the general election-notice provision.

§ 43.061 codifies polling-place-change notice with a defined timeframe: if a polling place changes after election notice is given, 'the county clerk shall give notice of the change not later than the earlier of' 24 hours after the change or 72 hours before the polls open — by notifying each candidate (or party/county chair) and posting the change on the county elections website. § 43.062 requires posting notice at the entrance of the previous polling place. Polling-place-change notice codified.

“the county clerk shall give notice of the change not later than the earlier of”