Tex. Election Code § 127.001
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 127.001, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 127.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL COUNTING STATION.
Official statutory text
(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 stations for counting the ballots if the voting system is designed to have ballots counted at a central location.
(b) If the adopting authority does not establish a central counting station for the election, the authority shall designate one or more counting stations established by another authority.
(c) The central counting station must be located in the county in which the political subdivision served by the authority adopting the voting system is wholly or partly situated or in a county contiguous to that county.
(b) If the adopting authority does not establish a central counting station for the election, the authority shall designate one or more counting stations established by another authority.
(c) The central counting station must be located in the county in which the political subdivision served by the authority adopting the voting system is wholly or partly situated or in a county contiguous to that county.
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