Tex. Elec. Code § 65.008 · Subchapter A. COUNTING VOTES GENERALLY
TALLYING WRITE-IN VOTES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In an election in which write-in voting is permitted, the name of a write-in candidate shall be entered on the tally list and votes for that candidate shall be tallied in the same manner as votes for a candidate whose name appears on the ballot.
(b) A write-in vote may not be counted if a sticker containing a candidate's name is affixed to the ballot by the voter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.65.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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