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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 13 - Recounts
Chapter 214 - Counting Procedures
Subchapter C. Ballots Counted by Automatic Tabulating Equipment
Section 214.050. Counting and Recording Write-in Votes
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Sec. 214.050. COUNTING AND RECORDING WRITE-IN VOTES. (a) Write-in votes shall be counted in the manner prescribed by Section 214.002. One write-in tally list shall be placed in the ballot box with the voted ballots, and one tally list shall be retained by the recount committee. A member of the committee shall enter the write-in results on the recount returns.
(b) For a precinct in which a recount of write-in votes is excluded under Section 212.136, a member of the recount committee shall enter on the recount returns the write-in votes as recorded on the original returns.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
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