Sec. 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 (b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 799 (H.B. 357 ), Sec. 3, eff.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 . (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 or an election held as an expedited election under Section 203.013 , 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 (f); or (B) have an early voting period that includes a national or state holiday under Section 1.006 (f).
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