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Tex. Elec. Code § 31.001 (2026)

Chief Election Officer

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Sec. 31.001. CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER. (a) The secretary of state is the chief election officer of the state.

(b) The secretary shall establish in the secretary's office an elections division with an adequate staff to enable the secretary to perform the secretary's duties as chief election officer. The secretary may assign to the elections division staff any function relating to the administration of elections that is under the secretary's jurisdiction.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: Andrade v. NAACP of Austin, 345 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. 2011).
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Andrade v. NAACP of Austin, 345 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. 2011). “Tex. Elec.Code § 31.001(a). 2 . See Frequently Asked Questions About eSlate, Travis County, http://www.”
Veasey v. Perry, 29 F. Supp. 3d 896 (S.D. Tex. 2014). “Plaintiffs note that the Governor is the State’s chief budget officer under Tex. Gov’t Code § 401.041, who requests and allocates funding for the Secretary of State and DPS.”
James Alan Jenkins v. State, 468 S.W.3d 656 (Tex. App. 2015). “See Tex. Elec.Code § 31.001(a). . Although candidates for election to the RUD's board of directors were not required to be residents of the RUD, individuals who wanted to vote in a RUD election were required to reside in the district.”
Am. Civil Rights Union v. Martinez-Rivera, 166 F. Supp. 3d 779 (W.D. Tex. 2015). “Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 31.001 . The Secretary may assign “any function relating to the administration of elections that is under the Secretary’s jurisdiction” to the staff in the elections division, and must assist and advise these election authorities on the application,…”
Laura Pressley v. Gregorio \Greg\" Casar", 567 S.W.3d 28 (Tex. App. 2016). “See Tex. Elec. Code § 31.001(a). 4 Pressley and Casar each received 240 of the 480 votes cast by mail.”
Stringer v. Pablos, 320 F. Supp. 3d 862 (W.D. Tex. 2018). “Defendant Rolando Pablos is the Texas Secretary of State ("SOS") and, under Texas Election Code § 31.001(a), serves as the State's Chief Election Officer.”
Krier v. Navarro, 952 S.W.2d 25 (Tex. App. 1997). “Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 31.001 (Vemon 1986) (secretary of state is state’s chief election officer).”
In re Stalder, 540 S.W.3d 215 (Tex. App. 2018). “" Tex. Elec. Code § 31.001(a). Under the Election Code, the Secretary of State is charged with the duty to "assist and advise all election authorities with regard to the application, operation, and interpretation of this code and of the election laws outside this code.”
George Richardson v. Texas Sec'y of State (W.D. Tex. 2020). · cites it 3× “See Tex. Elec. Code § 31.001(a). Hancock is sued in her official capacity as the Brazos County Elections Administrator (“Brazos EA”), and Lara is sued in her official capacity as the Secretary □ of the City of McAllen, Texas (“McAllen City Secretary,” and, collectively with…”
Greg Abbott, in His Off. Capacity as the Governor of Texas & Ruth Hughs, in Her Off. Capacity as Texas Sec'y of State v. the Anti-Defamation League Austin, Sw., & Texoma Regions Common Cause Texas & Robert Knetsch (Tex. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Elec. Code § 31.001; see, e.g., id. § 31.”
Texas All. for Retired Americans v. Scott (S.D. Tex. 2020). · cites it 2× “at 11 (citing Tex. Elec. Code § 31.001 (a))). In March 2020, Plaintiffs Bruni, DSCC, DCCC, along with the Texas Democratic Party (“TDP”) and Jessica Tiedt, a candidate for the Texas State House of Representatives, challenged HB 25’s validity under the United States Constitution…”
Jenkins, James Alan (Tex. 2015). · cites it 2× “15, 16 TEX. ELECTION CODE, § 31.001(a). . . . . .”
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Andrade v. NAACP of Austin, 345 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. 2011). “Tex. Elec.Code § 31.001(a). 2 . See Frequently Asked Questions About eSlate, Travis County, http://www.”
Veasey v. Perry, 29 F. Supp. 3d 896 (S.D. Tex. 2014). “Plaintiffs note that the Governor is the State’s chief budget officer under Tex. Gov’t Code § 401.041, who requests and allocates funding for the Secretary of State and DPS.”
James Alan Jenkins v. State, 468 S.W.3d 656 (Tex. App. 2015). “See Tex. Elec.Code § 31.001(a). . Although candidates for election to the RUD's board of directors were not required to be residents of the RUD, individuals who wanted to vote in a RUD election were required to reside in the district.”
Laura Pressley v. Gregorio \Greg\" Casar", 567 S.W.3d 28 (Tex. App. 2016). “See Tex. Elec. Code § 31.001(a). 4 Pressley and Casar each received 240 of the 480 votes cast by mail.”
Stringer v. Pablos, 320 F. Supp. 3d 862 (W.D. Tex. 2018). “Defendant Rolando Pablos is the Texas Secretary of State ("SOS") and, under Texas Election Code § 31.001(a), serves as the State's Chief Election Officer.”
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