Texas Election Code Title 6, Chapter 65 - Counting Votes And Preparing Returns

SUBCHAPTER A COUNTING VOTES GENERALLY

• Texas Section 65.001 - Counting Officers
  At each polling place, the ballots shall be counted by one or more teams of election officers assigned by the presiding judge. Each team must...
• Texas Section 65.002 - Time For Counting
  (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the presiding judge may direct the counting of ballots to occur at any time after the polls have been open...
• Texas Section 65.003 - Rotating Ballot Boxes No
  1 AND NO. 2. (a) If the counting of the ballots is to begin before voting is concluded, ballot box no. 1 and ballot box...
• Texas Section 65.004 - Tally Lists
  Three original tally lists shall be maintained at the polling place to record the number of votes received for the candidates and for and against...
• Texas Section 65.005 - Tallying The Votes
  (a) One member of the counting team shall examine each ballot and clearly announce the name of each candidate for whom a vote has been...
• Texas Section 65.006 - Replacing Member Of Counting Team
  (a) A member of a counting team may not be replaced after vote tallying is begun unless each existing discrepancy among the three tally lists...
• Texas Section 65.007 - Tallying Straight-party Votes
  (a) In an election in which a single square is provided on the ballot for casting a straight-party vote, the tally lists shall contain spaces...
• Texas Section 65.008 - Tallying Write-in Votes
  (a) In an election in which write-in voting is permitted, the name of a write-in candidate shall be entered on the tally list and votes...
• Texas Section 65.009 - Counting Irregularly Marked Ballot
  (a) Failure to mark a ballot in strict conformity with this code does not invalidate the ballot. (b) Marking the ballot by marking through the...
• Texas Section 65.010 - Ballots Not Counted
  (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...
• Texas Section 65.011 - Overvoting
  Except as provided by Section 65.007(c) or (d), if a voter marks the ballot for more candidates for an office than the number of persons...
• Texas Section 65.012 - Depositing Ballot In Ballot Box No
  (a) After a ballot is counted, it shall be deposited in ballot box no. 3. (b) A voted ballot that is not counted shall also...
• Texas Section 65.013 - Ballot Register
  (a) Each presiding judge shall prepare a ballot register as provided by this section. (b) The register must state: (1) the total number of ballots...
• Texas Section 65.014 - Preparing The Precinct Returns
  (a) On completion of the vote count, the presiding judge shall prepare the returns of the election for the precinct. (b) The returns must state:...

SUBCHAPTER B VERIFICATION AND COUNTING OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS

• Texas Section 65.015 - Announcing Partial Results
  (a) Subject to Subsection (b), after the polls close and the last voter has voted, the presiding judge may announce the status of the vote...
• Texas Section 65.051 - Duty Of Early Voting Ballot Board
  (a) The early voting ballot board shall verify and count provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than the ninth day after the...
• Texas Section 65.052 - Duty Of Voter Registrar
  The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures by which the voter registrar of the county in which a provisional ballot is cast shall provide assistance...
• Texas Section 65.053 - Delivery Of Provisional Ballots
  The presiding judge of an election precinct shall deliver in person to the general custodian of election records the box containing each envelope containing a...
• Texas Section 65.054 - Accepting Provisional Ballot
  (a) The early voting ballot board shall examine each affidavit executed under Section 63.011 and determine whether to accept the provisional ballot of the voter...
• Texas Section 65.0541 - Presentation Of Identification For Certain Provisional Ballots
  (a) A voter who is accepted for provisional voting under Section 63.011 because the voter does not meet the identification requirements of Section 63.001(b) may,...
• Texas Section 65.055 - Disposition Of Accepted Provisional Ballot And Affidavit
  (a) The early voting ballot board shall open each envelope containing an accepted provisional ballot without defacing the affidavit located on the outside of the...
• Texas Section 65.056 - Disposition Of Rejected Provisional Ballot
  (a) If the affidavit on the envelope of a rejected provisional ballot contains the information necessary to enable the person to register to vote under...
• Texas Section 65.057 - Processing Accepted Provisional Ballots
  (a) The early voting ballot board shall count accepted provisional ballots as follows: (1) for ballots to be counted manually, in the manner provided by...
• Texas Section 65.058 - Preservation Of Provisional Voting Records Generally
  The returns of provisional ballots that are accepted, the accepted ballots, and other provisional voting records shall be preserved after the election in the same...
• Texas Section 65.059 - Notice To Provisional Voter
  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...
• Texas Section 65.060 - Disclosure Of Social Security, Driver's License, Or Personal Identification Number On Provisional Ballot Affidavit
  A social security number, Texas driver's license number, or number of a personal identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety furnished on a...

Last modified: September 28, 2016