Tex.
Election Code Section 2.025
Runoff Election Day
(a)
Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Saturday designated by the secretary of state.(b)
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 799 (H.B. 357), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.(c)
This section supersedes a law outside this subchapter to the extent of a conflict notwithstanding Section 2.022 (Conflicts with Other Law).(d)
A runoff election for a special election to fill a vacancy in Congress or a special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature, except an election ordered as an emergency election under Section 41.0011 (Emergency Requiring Early Election) or an election held as an expedited election under Section 203.013 (Expedited Election), shall be held not earlier than the 70th day or later than the 77th day after the date the final canvass of the main election is completed.(e)
A date designated by the secretary of state under this section for a runoff election:(1)
must be:(A)
not earlier than the 30th day after the date of the main election; and(B)
not later than the 45th day after the date of the main election; and(2)
may not:(A)
be a national or state holiday under Section 1.006 (Effect of Weekend or Holiday)(f); or(B)
have an early voting period that includes a national or state holiday under Section 1.006 (Effect of Weekend or Holiday)(f).
Source:
Section 2.025 — Runoff Election Day, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.2.htm#2.025 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).
