Tex. Elec. Code § 52.002 : ELECTION CODE — ELECTION SUPPLIES — BALLOT FORM, CONTENT, AND PREPARATION — PREPARING THE BALLOT — Authority Preparing Ballot TEXT PDF Except as otherwise provided by law, the following authority shall have the official ballot prepared: (1) for an election ordered by the governor or a county authority, the county clerk; (2) for a primary election, the county chair of the political party holding the primary; (3) for an election ordered by a city authority, the city secretary; and (4) for an election ordered by an authority of a political subdivision other than a county or city, the secretary of the subdivision's governing body or, if the governing body has no secretary, the governing body's presiding officer. Tex. Elec. Code § 52.002 Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 48, eff. 9/1/1997. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1986.