2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 13 - Recounts
Chapter 214 - Counting Procedures
Subchapter C. Ballots Counted by Automatic Tabulating Equipment
Section 214.047. Test Using Unofficial Test Materials

Universal Citation:
TX Elec COde § 214.047 (2025)
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Sec. 214.047. TEST USING UNOFFICIAL TEST MATERIALS. (a) In addition to a test conducted under Section 214.046 using official test materials, a person requesting a recount of electronic voting system ballots but not requesting a manual recount is entitled to have each test repeated, using test materials furnished by the person, if the person offers the materials to the recount tabulator before or immediately after the official test is made.

(b) The outcome of a test using unofficial test materials has no legal effect on the conduct of the recount.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

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