Texas Election Code Title 6, Chapter 67 - Canvassing Elections
- Texas Section 67.001 - Applicability Of Chapter
This chapter applies to each general or special election conducted in this state. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
- Texas Section 67.002 - Canvass Of Precinct Returns
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the precinct election returns for each election shall be canvassed by the following authority: (1) for an election...
- Texas Section 67.003 - Time For Local Canvass
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), each local canvassing authority shall convene to conduct the local canvass at the time set by...
- Texas Section 67.004 - Procedure For Local Canvass
(a) At the time set for convening the canvassing authority for the local canvass, the presiding officer of the canvassing authority shall deliver the sealed...
- Texas Section 67.005 - Determining Official Result Of Election Not Canvassed At State Level
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the official result of an election that is not canvassed at the state level is determined from the...
- Texas Section 67.006 - Local Election Register
(a) An election register shall be maintained for each local canvassing authority. (b) For each election, the election register must contain in tabulated form the...
- Texas Section 67.007 - County Election Returns
(a) For each election for a statewide or district office, a statewide measure, or president and vice-president of the United States, the county clerk of...
- Texas Section 67.008 - Separate County Returns For Governor And Lieutenant Governor
(a) In addition to the returns required by Section 67.007, each county clerk shall prepare separate county election returns of an election for the office...
- Texas Section 67.009 - Forms And Instructions For County Returns
(a) Before each election for which county election returns are required, the secretary of state shall deliver to each county clerk in the territory covered...
- Texas Section 67.010 - County Returns Canvassed By Governor
(a) The county election returns for an election for a statewide office other than governor or lieutenant governor, a statewide measure, a district office, or...
- Texas Section 67.011 - County Returns Canvassed By Legislature
(a) The county election returns for an election for the office of governor or lieutenant governor shall be canvassed by the legislature and the official...
- Texas Section 67.012 - Time For Canvass By Governor
(a) The governor shall conduct the state canvass at the time set by the secretary of state: (1) not earlier than the 15th or later...
- Texas Section 67.013 - Procedure For Canvass By Governor
(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...
- Texas Section 67.014 - Determining Official Result Of Election Canvassed At State Level
The official result of an election canvassed by the governor or by the legislature is determined from the canvass of the county returns conducted by...
- Texas Section 67.015 - State Election Register
(a) An election register shall be maintained for the governor. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (e), for each election the election register shall contain...
- Texas Section 67.016 - Certificate Of Election
(a) After the completion of a canvass, the presiding officer of the local canvassing authority shall prepare a certificate of election for each candidate who...
- Texas Section 67.017 - Reporting Precinct Results To Secretary Of State
(a) After each election for a statewide office or the office of United States representative, state senator, or state representative, the county clerk shall prepare...
Last modified: September 28, 2016