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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 13 - Recounts
Chapter 214 - Counting Procedures
Subchapter A. Manually Counted Ballots
Section 214.002. Counting Procedure
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TX Elec COde § 214.002 (2025)
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Sec. 214.002. COUNTING PROCEDURE. (a) One member of a counting team shall read the ballots, and the other two members shall tally the votes as the ballots are read.
(b) The count shall be made, and the correctness of the tally lists shall be certified, in the same manner as an original count of regular paper ballots, except that only two tally lists are prepared.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 76, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1107 (H.B. 2309), Sec. 2.16, eff. January 1, 2006.
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