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Texas Election Code - Chapter 127 Processing Electronic Voting System ResultsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Election Code > Texas Election Code - Chapter 127 Processing Electronic Voting System Results Sponsored Links(a) The authority adopting an electronic voting system for use in an election may establish, in accordance with this subchapter, one or more central counting ... (a) The authority establishing a central counting station shall appoint a manager of the station. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the eligibility requirements ... (a) The authority establishing a central counting station shall appoint a tabulation supervisor of the station. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the eligibility ... (a) The tabulation supervisor may appoint one or more assistants, each of whom must be approved by the authority establishing the central counting station. (b) ... (a) The authority appointing the presiding judges to serve in an election shall appoint a presiding judge of each central counting station operating in the ... (a) Both the manager and the presiding judge may appoint clerks to serve at the central counting station. (b) Except as otherwise provided by this ... The manager shall establish and implement a written plan for the orderly operation of the central counting station. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § ... Sealed ballot boxes shall be used to deliver electronic system ballots from the polling place to the central counting station in accordance with this subchapter. ... A sealed ballot box used under this subchapter must be equipped with a lock to prevent opening the box without a key and designed and ... (a) A seal shall be provided for each ballot box used under this subchapter. (b) The seals for the boxes must be serially numbered for ... (a) An adequate number of sealed ballot boxes shall be provided for each polling place at which sealed boxes are to be used. (b) Before ... (a) Immediately on completion of voting at a polling place using sealed ballot boxes or, if the presiding judge inactivates a sealed ballot box before ... (a) An election officer shall place the precinct election records in the appropriate envelopes or other containers provided for that purpose. (b) Except as provided ... (a) On receipt of a sealed ballot box, the presiding judge of the central counting station or the judge's designee shall give a signed receipt ... (a) After opening a sealed ballot box, the presiding judge of the central counting station shall sort the damaged ballots, the ballots containing write-in votes, ... The automatic tabulating equipment used for counting ballots at a central counting station shall be tested as provided by this subchapter. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ... The programmer, tabulation supervisor, counting station manager, and presiding judge of the central counting station shall prepare and conduct the test jointly. Acts 1985, 69th ... (a) The test shall be conducted three times for each election. (b) The first test shall be conducted at least 48 hours before the automatic ... (a) The test must be designed to determine whether the automatic tabulating equipment accurately counts ballots and otherwise functions properly. (b) A group of test ... (a) A test is successful if a perfect count of the test ballots is obtained and the automatic tabulating equipment otherwise functions properly during the ... (a) The custodian of the automatic tabulating equipment shall publish notice of the date, hour, and place of the test conducted under Section 127.093(b) in ... (a) The automatic tabulating equipment may not be used to count ballots voted in the election until a test conducted under Section 127.093(c) is successful. ... (a) If the initial test conducted under Section 127.093(d) is unsuccessful, the count of ballots voted in the election obtained with the automatic tabulating equipment ... (a) On completing each test, the presiding judge shall place the test ballots and other test materials in a container provided for that purpose and ... (a) The presiding judge is the custodian of the test materials until they are delivered under Subsection (b). (b) The sealed container holding the test ... (a) If the automatic tabulating equipment to be used for counting ballots at a central counting station requires the preparation of a program, the authority ... If a person other than the tabulation supervisor is appointed as the programmer, the program shall be submitted to the tabulation supervisor for approval not ... (a) The tabulation supervisor shall protect the program prepared for the automatic tabulating equipment installed at the central counting station from tampering and unauthorized use, ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the general custodian of election records shall ensure that any computer terminals located outside the central counting station ... The general custodian of election records shall post a guard to ensure the security of ballot boxes containing voted ballots throughout the period of tabulation ... (a) The authority adopting an electronic voting system for use in an election in which ballots are processed at a central counting station may provide ... (a) The manager of a central counting station shall have the ballots prepared for automatic counting. (b) The manager shall have the ballots examined to ... (a) The manager of a central counting station may have ballots duplicated for automatic counting as provided by this section. (b) The valid portion of ... A person other than the tabulation supervisor and the assistants to the tabulation supervisor may not operate the automatic tabulating equipment or handle the ballots ... The automatically counted ballots shall be separately tabulated according to election precinct. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. ... The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures for correcting results after the discovery of an equipment malfunction that caused the results to be incorrect. Acts ... (a) Electronic system ballots that are not to be counted automatically and the write-in votes not counted at the polling places shall be counted manually ... In an election using centrally counted optical scan ballots, the undervotes and overvotes on those ballots shall be tallied, tabulated, and reported by race and ... (a) After the automatic counting of ballots for each precinct is completed, the presiding judge of the central counting station shall prepare the election returns ... (a) The presiding judge of a central counting station shall distribute the voted ballots, election returns, and other election records from the counting station to ... (a) This subchapter applies to the processing of election results in electronic voting systems that do not entail the counting of ballots at central locations ... (a) Each unit of automatic tabulating equipment shall be tested, using all applicable ballot formats, in accordance with the testing procedures prescribed by Subchapter D ... If the tabulating of ballots must be restarted because of an equipment or system malfunction or any other reason, the tests required by Section 127.152 ... (a) Each unit of automatic tabulating equipment must have a permanent identification number. Each part of that equipment that contains the ballot tabulation must also ... (a) The presiding judge shall sign any tape containing the ballot tabulation that is produced by the automatic tabulating equipment. (b) The presiding judge shall ... If a discrepancy of more than three exists between the number of ballots recorded on the ballot and seal certificate and the number of ballots ... (a) This section applies only to a voting system that allows voters to deposit the ballots directly into a unit of automatic tabulating equipment. (b) ... (a) To ensure the accuracy of the tabulation of electronic voting system results, the general custodian of election records shall conduct a manual count of ... (a) To ensure the accuracy of the tabulation of electronic voting system results, the secretary of state or the secretary's designee may conduct a manual ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |