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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 16 - Miscellaneous Provisions
Chapter 279 - Cybersecurity of Election Systems
Section 279.001. Definitions

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TX Elec COde § 279.001 (2025)
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Sec. 279.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "County election officer" means an individual employed by a county as an elections administrator, voter registrar, county clerk, or other officer with responsibilities relating to the administration of elections.

(2) "Election data" means information that is created or managed in the operation of an election system.

(3) "Election system" means a voting system and the technology used to support the conduct of an election, including the election data processed or produced in the course of conducting an election, such as voter registration information, ballot information, collected and tabulated votes, election management processes and procedures, and other election-related documents and election data.

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1069 (H.B. 1421), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.

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