Tex. Elec. Code § 87.026 · Subchapter B. DELIVERING MATERIALS TO BOARD
BYSTANDERS EXCLUDED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as permitted by this code and as described by Subsection (b), a person may not be in the meeting place of an early voting ballot board during the time of the board's operations.
(b) Under this code, a person may be lawfully present in the meeting place of an early voting ballot board during the time of the board's operations if the person is:
(1) a presiding judge or member of the board;
(2) a watcher;
(3) a state inspector;
(4) a voting system technician, as authorized by Section 125.010;
(5) the county election officer, as defined by Section 31.091, as necessary to perform tasks related to the administration of the election; or
(6) a person whose presence has been authorized by the presiding judge in accordance with this code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.15; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 454 (H.B. 1128), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.87.htm
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