2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 8 - Voting Systems
Chapter 127 - Processing Electronic Voting System Results
Subchapter A. Establishment and Organization of Central Counting Station
Section 127.008. Bystanders Excluded
Sec. 127.008. BYSTANDERS EXCLUDED. (a) Except as permitted by this code and as described by Subsection (b), a person may not be in a central counting station while ballots are being counted.
(b) Under this code, a person may be lawfully present in the central counting station while ballots are being counted if the person is:
(1) a counting station manager, tabulation supervisor, assistant to the tabulation supervisor, presiding judge, or clerk;
(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 counting station manager in accordance with this code.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 454 (H.B. 1128), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.
