Texas Election Code

§ 66.056 — UNOFFICIAL TABULATION OF PRECINCT RESULTS

EL § 66.056Title 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS · Ch. 66. DISPOSITION OF RECORDS AND SUPPLIES AFTER ELECTION · Art. C. DISPOSITION OF RECORDS AND SUPPLIES

(a)As the general custodian of election records receives the precinct election records from each polling place, the custodian shall:

(1)open the envelopes and remove the precinct election returns; and

(2)prepare a tabulation stating for each candidate and for and against each measure:

(A)the total number of votes received in each precinct; and

(B)the sum of the precinct totals tabulated under Paragraph (A).

(b)The custodian shall periodically make a public announcement of the current state of the tabulation made under Subsection (a).

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Legislative history

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