Tex. Elec. Code § 66.053 · Subchapter C. DISPOSITION OF RECORDS AND SUPPLIES
TIME FOR DELIVERING ELECTION RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The precinct election records shall be delivered to the appropriate authorities immediately after the precinct returns are completed.
(b) If the presiding judge determines that the ballots will not be counted in time to allow delivery of the precinct election records by 2 a.m. of the day after election day, the presiding judge, between midnight of election day and 1 a.m. of the following day, shall notify the general custodian of election records by telephone of:
(1) the total number of voters who voted at the polling place as indicated by the poll list;
(2) the vote totals tallied for each candidate and for and against each measure at the time of notification; and
(3) the expected time of finishing the count.
(c) The precinct election records shall be delivered not later than 24 hours after the polls close in each election.
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.66.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Elec. Code § 66.053. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 31.017IMPLEMENTATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT OF COUNTY ELECTION.Printed as Section 66.053
- Tex. Elec. Code § 65.014PREPARING THE PRECINCT RETURNS.Printed as Section 66.053(c)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 66.054FAILURE TO DELIVER ELECTION RETURNS AND VOTED BALLOTS.Printed as Section 66.053(c)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 66.055JUDICIAL IMPOUNDMENT OF ELECTION RECORDS.Printed as Section 66.053(c)
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