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Voting Systems

PRIMARY ELECTION — 2008

• Jan. 14: Deadline for Secretary of State to provide a list of all vendors authorized to print ballots for state, county and municipal elections to the clerk of each county court.
  
• Feb. 5 Approximate date (2 weeks prior to the
  drawing of ballot position) vendor desiring to print ballots for elections held under Chapter 3 shall obtain a certificate of authorization to print ballots.
  
• Feb. 19 Drawing for order of names on ballot, beginning at 9:00 a.m.
  
• Mar. 4 Approximate deadline for candidate's name removed from ballot due to death.
  
• Mar. 4 Last day for county clerk to estimate number of official absent voter's ballots required.
  
• April 1 Last day for board of ballot commissioners to have printed and delivered to the county clerk official absent voter's ballots and supplies.
  
• April 2 - 14 Public notice of time and place of test for automatic tabulating equipment for early voting.
  
• April 14 Public notice of inspection of electronic systems ballot and vote recording devices for early voting.
  
• April 14 Inspect electronic voting devices and DRE-touch screen devices for early voting. (deadline)
  
• April 15 Ballots and supplies delivered to county clerk.(deadline)
  
• April 16 Public test of electronic tabulation equipment for early voting.(DRE) (deadline)
  
• April 16 Notification of electronic voting system readiness for early voting.
  
• April 22 - May 4 Public notice of time and place for test of automatic tabulating equipment.
  
• May 5 Public notice of inspection of electronic systems ballot and vote recording devices.(deadline)
  
• May 6 Notification of voting machine and electronic voting systems readiness.(deadline)
  
• May 6 Public test of electronic tabulation equipment.
  
• May 6 Inspect voting machines and electronic voting devices and DRE - touch screen devices. (deadline)
  
• May 13 Primary election
  

GENERAL ELECTION — 2008

• Aug. 12 Last day to apply for withdrawal for extenuating circumstances.
  
• Aug. 12 Last day of occurrence of vacancy on ballot resulting from disqualification or incapacity of candidate, or from death of incumbent in certain elected offices.
  
• Aug. 25 Approximate deadline for candidate's name removed from ballot due to death.
  
• Aug. 26 Drawing for order of names on ballot, begining at 9:00 a.m.
  
• Aug. 26 Last day for county clerk to estimate number of absent voter's ballots required.
  
• Sept. 23 Last day for board of ballot commissioners to have printed and delivered to county clerk the official absent voter's ballots.
  
• Sept. 24- Oct. 6 Notice of public test of automatic tabulating equipment for early voting.
  
• Oct. 7 Ballots and supplies delivered to county clerk.
  
• Oct. 7 Public notice of inspection of electronic systems ballot and vote recording devices for early voting. (deadline)
  
• Oct. 8 Public test of automatic tabulating equipment for early voting.(DRE) (deadline)
  
• Oct. 8 Notification of electronic voting system readiness for early voting.(deadline)
  
• Oct. 10 Inspect electronic voting devices and DRE-touch screen devices for early voting.(deadline)
  
• Oct. 14 - 26 Notice of public test of automatic tabulating equipment.
  
• Oct. 27 Public notice of inspection of electronic systems ballot and vote recording devices.(deadline)
  
• Oct. 28 Public test of automatic tabulating equipment. (deadline)
  
• Oct. 28 Notification voting machines and electronic voting systems readiness.(deadline)
  
• Oct. 30 Inspect voting systems and electronic voting devices in counties using electronic voting systems.(deadline)
  
• Nov. 4 General election day