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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 5 - Election Supplies
Chapter 52 - Ballot Form, Content, and Preparation
Subchapter D. Order of Parties, Offices, Names, and Propositions on Ballot
Section 52.095. Propositions

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TX Elec COde § 52.095 (2025)
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Sec. 52.095. PROPOSITIONS. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority ordering an election in which more than one measure is to be voted on shall determine the order in which the propositions are to appear on the ballot.

(b) Each political subdivision's proposition on the ballot shall be assigned a unique number or letter on the ballot as follows:

(1) except as provided by Subdivision (2), for each proposition on the ballot, the authority ordering the election shall assign a letter of the alphabet to the measure that corresponds to its order on the ballot; and

(2) for each proposition on the ballot to be voted on statewide, the authority ordering the election shall assign a number to the measure that corresponds to its order on the ballot.

(c) Each proposition on the ballot must identify the name of the authority ordering the election on the measure.

(d) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures necessary to implement this section.

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

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 391 (S.B. 957), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.

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