Tex. Election Code § 127.154
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 127.154, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 127.154. IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS REQUIRED FOR EQUIPMENT.
Official statutory text
(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 have a permanent identification number.
(b) Each of the identification numbers shall be recorded on the appropriate ballot and seal certificate.
(c) A ballot tabulation produced by automatic tabulating equipment that does not comply with Subsection (a) may not be used.
(b) Each of the identification numbers shall be recorded on the appropriate ballot and seal certificate.
(c) A ballot tabulation produced by automatic tabulating equipment that does not comply with Subsection (a) may not be used.
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