Tex. Election Code § 127.1311
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 127.1311, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 127.1311. ANNOUNCING UNOFFICIAL RESULTS.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), unofficial election results shall be released as soon as they are available after the polls close.
(b) The presiding judge of the central counting station, in cooperation with the county clerk, may withhold the release of unofficial election results until the last voter has voted.
(b) The presiding judge of the central counting station, in cooperation with the county clerk, may withhold the release of unofficial election results until the last voter has voted.
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