Tex. Elec. Code § 87.024 · Subchapter B. DELIVERING MATERIALS TO BOARD
TIME OF DELIVERY: VOTING MACHINE ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Text of section prior to repeal by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 31(8), 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.
(a) In an election in which early voting votes by personal appearance are cast on voting machines, the jacket envelopes containing the early voting ballots voted by mail may be delivered to the board between the end of the period for early voting by personal appearance and the closing of the polls on election day, or as soon after closing as practicable, at a time specified by the presiding judge of the board.
(b) The early voting clerk shall post notice of the delivery of materials under this section that is to be made before the time for opening the polls on election day. The notice shall be posted at the main early voting polling place continuously for at least 24 hours immediately preceding the delivery.
(c) At least 24 hours before the delivery, the early voting clerk shall notify the county chair of each political party having a nominee on the ballot of the time the delivery is to be made.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.15; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 80, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1184 (S.B. 2753), Sec. 31(8), eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.87.htm
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