Texas Election Code

§ 127.001 — ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL COUNTING STATION

EL § 127.001Title 8. VOTING SYSTEMS · Ch. 127. PROCESSING ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM RESULTS · Art. A. ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL COUNTING STATION

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(a)The authority adopting an electronic voting system for use in an election may establish, in accordance with this subchapter, one or more central counting stations for counting the ballots if the voting system is designed to have ballots counted at a central location.

(b)If the adopting authority does not establish a central counting station for the election, the authority shall designate one or more counting stations established by another authority.

(c)The central counting station must be located in the county in which the political subdivision served by the authority adopting the voting system is wholly or partly situated or in a county contiguous to that county.

Legislative history

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