Texas Election Code
§ 67.013 — PROCEDURE FOR CANVASS BY GOVERNOR
EL § 67.013Title 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS · Ch. 67. CANVASSING ELECTIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)At the time set for the state canvass, the secretary of state shall deliver the county returns to the governor.
(b)The secretary of state shall prepare a tabulation stating for each candidate and for and against each measure required to be canvassed by the governor:
(1)the total number of votes received in each county; and
(2)the sum of the county totals tabulated under Subdivision (1).
(c)At the canvass of an election in which the office of governor or lieutenant governor is voted on, the secretary of state shall prepare a separate tabulation on the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor, indicating for each candidate the information required by Subsection (b).
(d)The governor shall certify the tabulations.
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Legislative history
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 163, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.