Tex. Elec. Code § 65.013 · Subchapter A. COUNTING VOTES GENERALLY
BALLOT REGISTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each presiding judge shall prepare a ballot register as provided by this section.
(b) The register must state:
(1) the total number of ballots received for conducting voting at the polling place;
(2) the number of defectively printed ballots received;
(3) the number of ballots provided to voters as indicated by the number of voters on the poll list;
(4) the number of spoiled ballots returned by voters; and
(5) the number of unused ballots that are not accounted for as defectively printed ballots.
(c) The ballot register shall be prepared as an original and one copy, and on completing the register, the presiding judge shall sign each one to certify its accuracy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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