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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 16 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 274 - Constitutional Amendments
Subchapter A. Amendment on Ballot
Section 274.002. Drawing for Ballot Order

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TX Elec COde § 274.002 (2025)
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Sec. 274.002. DRAWING FOR BALLOT ORDER. (a) If more than one proposed constitutional amendment is to be submitted in an election, the order of the propositions submitting the amendments shall be determined by a drawing as provided by this section.

(b) The secretary of state shall conduct the drawing at a time and place designated by the secretary. The drawing is open to the public.

(c) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary of state's Internet website and may post on a bulletin board for posting notice of a meeting of a state governmental body a notice of the date, hour, and place of the drawing. The notice must remain posted continuously for 72 hours immediately preceding the scheduled time of the drawing.

(d) The propositions submitting the proposed amendments are numbered consecutively, beginning with No. 1, in the order drawn.

(e) Each proposition must appear on the official ballot with its assigned number in the serial order of its number.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (H.B. 933), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2019.

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