Tex. Elec. Code § 127.1232 · Subchapter E. PROCESSING RESULTS AT CENTRAL COUNTING STATION
SECURITY OF VOTED BALLOTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The general custodian of election records shall post a licensed peace officer to ensure the security of ballot boxes containing voted ballots throughout the period of tabulation at the central counting station.
(b) The general custodian of election records in a county with a population of 100,000 or more shall implement a video surveillance system that retains a record of all areas containing voted ballots:
(1) from the time the voted ballots are delivered to the central counting station until the canvass of precinct election returns; and
(2) from the time the voted ballots are delivered to the signature verification committee or early voting ballot board until the canvass of precinct election returns.
(c) A video from a system implemented under Subsection (b) shall be made available to the public by a livestream.
(d) The video recorded is an election record under Section 1.012 and shall be retained by the general custodian of election records until the end of the calendar year in which an election is held or until an election contest filed in the county has been resolved, whichever is later.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 484, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 3.18, eff. December 2, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.127.htm
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