Tex. Elec. Code § 65.010 · Subchapter A. COUNTING VOTES GENERALLY
BALLOTS NOT COUNTED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The following ballots may not be counted:
(1) a ballot that is not provided to the voter at the polling place;
(2) two or more ballots that are folded together in a manner indicating that they were folded together when deposited in the ballot box;
(3) a write-in envelope containing a write-in vote without an attached ballot;
(4) a ballot that has not been deposited in the ballot box used for the deposit of marked ballots; or
(5) a provisional ballot that is not accepted under Subchapter B.
(b) If a ballot is unnumbered or the signature of the presiding judge does not appear on the back of a ballot, the presiding judge shall examine it to determine whether the ballot is not to be counted under Subsection (a)(1).
(c) If a ballot is not counted, an election officer shall indicate on the back of the ballot the reason for not counting it.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1078, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 34, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
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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