Texas Election Code

§ 121.003 — DEFINITIONS

EL § 121.003Title 8. VOTING SYSTEMS · Ch. 121. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

In this title:

(1)"Voting system" means a method of casting and processing votes that is designed to function wholly or partly by use of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic apparatus and includes the procedures for casting and processing votes and the programs, operating manuals, tabulating cards, printouts, and other software necessary for the system's operation.

(2)"Electronic voting system" means a voting system in which the ballots are automatically counted and the results automatically tabulated by use of electronically operated apparatus.

(3)"Voting machine" means an apparatus on which voters cast their votes, that records each vote, and that furnishes a total of the number of votes cast for the candidates and for and against the measures.

(4)"Voting system equipment" means any kind of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic apparatus for use in a voting system.

(5)"Automatic tabulating equipment" means equipment, other than a voting machine, that compiles vote totals by ballot sorting, ballot reading, ballot scanning, or electronic data processing.

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1107 (H.B. 2309), Sec. 2.04, eff. January 1, 2006. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 708 (H.B. 88), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1152 (S.B. 2217), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.