Texas Election Code

§ 65.059 — NOTICE TO PROVISIONAL VOTER

EL § 65.059Title 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS · Ch. 65. COUNTING VOTES AND PREPARING RETURNS · Art. B. VERIFICATION AND COUNTING OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS

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The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to implement a system to allow a person who casts a provisional ballot under Section 63.011 to obtain access free of charge to information on the disposition of the person's ballot. The system:

(1)must allow the person to determine whether the person's ballot was counted, and, if the person's ballot was not accepted, must indicate the reason why;

(2)must provide the information only to the person who cast the provisional ballot; and

(3)may involve the use of a toll-free telephone number or the Internet.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 35, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.