Texas Election Code

§ 127.1301 — CENTRALLY COUNTED OPTICAL SCAN BALLOTS

EL § 127.1301Title 8. VOTING SYSTEMS · Ch. 127. PROCESSING ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM RESULTS · Art. E. PROCESSING RESULTS AT CENTRAL COUNTING STATION

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(a)In an election using centrally counted optical scan ballots, the undervotes and overvotes on those ballots shall be tallied, tabulated, and reported by race and by election precinct in the form and manner prescribed by the secretary of state.

(b)An authority operating a central counting station under this chapter may only purchase or use a ballot scan system if the system is only capable of using a data transfer media device that:

(1)once a cast vote record is written, is incapable of being modified without automatic:

(A)detection of the modification; and

(B)rejection of the cast vote record; and

(2)does not allow for the process under Subdivision (1) to be overridden or circumvented.

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1107 (H.B. 2309), Sec. 2.14, eff. January 1, 2006. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 4.14, eff. December 2, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 942 (S.B. 1661), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.