Texas Election Code

§ 172.116 — LOCAL CANVASS RELATING TO CANDIDATES WHO FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

EL § 172.116Title 10. POLITICAL PARTIES · Part B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION · Ch. 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS · Art. E. CONDUCT OF ELECTION

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(a)The county chair or the county chair's designee and, if available, at least one member of the county executive committee selected by the county executive committee shall canvass the precinct election returns for the county.

(b)The county chair or the county chair's designee and any selected county executive committee member shall convene to conduct the local canvass on the second Thursday after election day at the hour specified by the county chair and posted on the county party website or the commissioners court bulletin board if the county organization of the political party does not maintain a website.

(c)The county clerk shall prepare and electronically submit to the secretary of state a report of the results of the canvass, which must include:

(1)the total number of votes cast in each precinct for each candidate or measure; and

(2)the number of counted and uncounted provisional ballots cast in each precinct.

(d)The final canvass is concluded when the chair digitally certifies the canvass report on the secretary of state's website. The posting on the site that the results are final completes the canvass report. The chair is not required to file any additional notice or report with the county clerk.

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235 (S.B. 1970), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1179 (S.B. 1073), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1179 (S.B. 1073), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1179 (S.B. 1073), Sec. 15(2), eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 38, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2019.