Some people may submit a ballot proposition to the secretary of state for review, and the secretary of state must review it within 7 days.
Sec. 273.101. REVIEW BY SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) Not later than the seventh day after the date on which a home-rule city publishes in the election order ballot proposition language proposing an amendment to the city charter or a voter-initiated initiative or referendum as requested by petition, a registered voter eligible to vote in the election or an authorized representative of a home-rule city may submit the proposition for review by the secretary of state. (b) The secretary of state shall review the proposition not later than the seventh day after the date the secretary receives the submission to determine whether the proposition is misleading, inaccurate, or prejudicial. (c) If the secretary of state determines that the proposition is misleading, inaccurate, or prejudicial, the secretary of state shall provide notice to the city of the secretary of state's determination. Not later than the third day after receiving notice from the secretary of state, the city shall draft a proposition to cure the defects and give notice of the new proposition using the method of giving notice prescribed for notice of an election under Section 4.003. (d) A proposition drafted by a city under Subsection (c) to cure the defects may be submitted to the secretary of state under Subsection (a). If the secretary of state determines that the city has drafted a proposition under Subsection (c) that is misleading, inaccurate, or prejudicial, the secretary of state shall draft the ballot proposition. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 974 (S.B. 506), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.