Texas Election Code

§ 65.010 — BALLOTS NOT COUNTED

EL § 65.010Title 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS · Ch. 65. COUNTING VOTES AND PREPARING RETURNS · Art. A. COUNTING VOTES GENERALLY

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(a)The following ballots may not be counted:

(1)a ballot that is not provided to the voter at the polling place;

(2)two or more ballots that are folded together in a manner indicating that they were folded together when deposited in the ballot box;

(3)a write-in envelope containing a write-in vote without an attached ballot;

(4)a ballot that has not been deposited in the ballot box used for the deposit of marked ballots; or

(5)a provisional ballot that is not accepted under Subchapter B.

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Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1078, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 34, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.