Tex. Elec. Code § 87.021 · Subchapter B. DELIVERING MATERIALS TO BOARD
BALLOTS AND OTHER MATERIALS DELIVERED TO BOARD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Text of section prior to the amendments made by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2025. Applies to elections ordered before the date the Secretary of State issues the report required by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2025.
Sec. 87.021. BALLOTS AND OTHER MATERIALS DELIVERED TO BOARD.
The early voting clerk shall deliver to the early voting ballot board:
(1) in an election in which regular paper ballots are used for early voting by personal appearance, each ballot box, in accordance with Section 85.032(b), containing the early voting ballots voted by personal appearance and the clerk's key to each box;
(2) the jacket envelopes containing the early voting ballots voted by mail, regardless of the ballot type or voting system used;
(3) the poll lists prepared in connection with early voting by personal appearance;
(4) the list of registered voters used in conducting early voting; and
(5) a ballot transmittal form that includes a statement of the number of early voting ballots voted by mail, regardless of the ballot type or voting system used, that are delivered to the early voting ballot board, and in an election in which regular paper ballots are used for early voting by personal appearance, the number of names appearing on the poll lists prepared in connection with early voting by personal appearance.
Text of section as amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2025. Applies to elections ordered on or after the date the Secretary of State issues the report required by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2025.
Sec. 87.021. BALLOTS AND OTHER MATERIALS DELIVERED TO BOARD.
The early voting clerk shall deliver to the early voting ballot board:
(1) in an election in which regular paper ballots are used for early voting by personal appearance, each ballot box, in accordance with Section 85.032(b), containing the early voting ballots voted by personal appearance to be counted manually and the clerk's key to each box;
(2) the jacket envelopes containing the early voting ballots voted by mail, regardless of the ballot type or voting system used;
(3) the poll lists prepared in connection with early voting by personal appearance;
(4) the list of registered voters used in conducting early voting; and
(5) a ballot transmittal form that includes a statement of the number of early voting ballots voted by mail, regardless of the ballot type or voting system used, that are delivered to the early voting ballot board, and in an election in which regular paper ballots are used for early voting by personal appearance, the number of names appearing on the poll lists prepared in connection with early voting by personal appearance.
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History (Text of section prior to the amendments made by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 21, eff.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 1.21; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2025.
History (Text of section as amended by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2025
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 1.21; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2025.
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