Chapter 43 of the Texas Election Code requires that the City Council establish precincts and designate polling places for the City’s General Election to be held on November 5, 2019. The City of Houston enters into election agreements with Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery Counties (“the Counties”) for use of the Counties’ voting equipment and polling places. The Commissioners’ Courts of the Counties have recently approved, by their respective orders, the division of the Counties into election precincts, and the Counties arrange for polling locations for the precincts.
Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery Counties have provided the City with lists of precincts and polling places for the City of Houston, approved by their respective County Commissioners’ Courts, which are contained in Exhibit A of this ordinance. Section 4.003 of the Election Code requires the City to post notice of the Election, with a list of precincts and polling places, not later than the 21st day before the Election (by Friday, October 6, 2019).
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Pat Jefferson-Daniels
Interim City Secretary