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Instructions

For a county or precinct level county office, the petition is submitted to the county judge;

and to the county chair in primaries. For state and district offices, the petition is submitted

to the secretary of state; and to the state party chair in primary elections. For a municipal

election, the petition is submitted to the mayor. For a school district election, the petition is

submitted to the president of the school board. For all other elections, submit the petition to

the presiding officer of the board of directors.

Types of electronic voting systems include optical scan, in which hand-marked paper ballots

are read by a light sensitive scanner; and direct recording electronic systems, in which the

voter votes directly onto the voting device.

The amount of the deposit (Section 212.112) is determined as follows:

$60.00 for each precinct in which regular paper ballots (hand counted) were used.

$100.00 for each precinct in which an electronic voting system was used.

The amount of the deposit is also based in part on the number of precincts. Early voting is

considered one precinct. To calculate the deposit, take the number of precincts on election day

and add one for early voting.

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