Tex. Election Code § 127.156
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 127.156, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 127.156. TABULATION AT CENTRAL COUNTING STATION IF DISCREPANCY EXISTS IN BALLOT TOTALS.
Official statutory text
If a discrepancy of more than three exists between the number of ballots recorded on the ballot and seal certificate and the number of ballots cast on the tape containing the ballot tabulation that is produced by the automatic tabulating equipment, the official tabulation of those ballots shall be conducted at a central counting station.
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