Sec. 143.023.  ELECTION.  (a)  If the election is not countywide, the county judge at the time the election order is issued shall appoint election officers for the election.  In order to serve as an election officer, a person must be a freeholder of the county and a qualified voter.  The election officers may appoint their own clerks.
(b)  If the election is countywide, it shall be held at the usual voting places in the election precincts.  If the election is not countywide, the county judge shall designate the particular places in the petitioning area at which the polls are to be open.
(c)  In order to vote at an election, a person must be a freeholder and a qualified voter.
(d)  Ballots for the election shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the proposition, "Letting ______ run at large," with the blank space printed with the name of each animal designated in the election order.
(e)  The election officers shall make returns to the county judge of all votes cast for each proposition not later than the 10th day after the day of the election.  The commissioners court shall open, tabulate, and count the returns in the manner provided for general elections in this state.  The county judge shall immediately issue a proclamation declaring the result and post the proclamation at the courthouse door.
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1341, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981.