{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-32.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 32.001","heading":"PRESIDING JUDGE AND ALTERNATE FOR EACH ELECTION PRECINCT.","body":"(a) A presiding election judge and an alternate presiding judge shall be appointed for each election precinct in which an election is held.\n(b) The alternate presiding judge shall serve as presiding judge for an election if the regularly appointed presiding judge cannot serve.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 3. ELECTION OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS","CHAPTER 32. ELECTION JUDGES AND CLERKS","SUBCHAPTER A. APPOINTMENT OF ELECTION JUDGES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.32.htm#32.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"9135874584683f782af2bc83b3b35c3bfbbc24314dbad8c988da0231a4348ca9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-31.171","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-32.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}