Tex. Election Code § 172.116
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 172.116, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 172.116. LOCAL CANVASS RELATING TO CANDIDATES WHO FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
Official statutory text
(a) The county chair or the county chair's designee and, if available, at least one member of the county executive committee selected by the county executive committee shall canvass the precinct election returns for the county.
(b) The county chair or the county chair's designee and any selected county executive committee member shall convene to conduct the local canvass on the second Thursday after election day at the hour specified by the county chair and posted on the county party website or the commissioners court bulletin board if the county organization of the political party does not maintain a website.
(c) The county clerk shall prepare and electronically submit to the secretary of state a report of the results of the canvass, which must include:
(1) the total number of votes cast in each precinct for each candidate or measure; and
(2) the number of counted and uncounted provisional ballots cast in each precinct.
(d) The final canvass is concluded when the chair digitally certifies the canvass report on the secretary of state's website. The posting on the site that the results are final completes the canvass report. The chair is not required to file any additional notice or report with the county clerk.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1179 (S.B. 1073), Sec. 15(2), eff. September 1, 2015.
(f) The local canvass is open to the general public.
(g) The official result of the primary election, except for offices canvassed at the state level, is determined from the local canvass of precinct returns and shall be posted to the secretary of state's website.
(h) A designee appointed by the county chair to conduct the local canvass under this section must be:
(1) a member of the county executive committee; or
(2) if no member of the county executive committee is available to conduct the canvass, a resident of the county served by the committee who is affiliated with the same political party.
(b) The county chair or the county chair's designee and any selected county executive committee member shall convene to conduct the local canvass on the second Thursday after election day at the hour specified by the county chair and posted on the county party website or the commissioners court bulletin board if the county organization of the political party does not maintain a website.
(c) The county clerk shall prepare and electronically submit to the secretary of state a report of the results of the canvass, which must include:
(1) the total number of votes cast in each precinct for each candidate or measure; and
(2) the number of counted and uncounted provisional ballots cast in each precinct.
(d) The final canvass is concluded when the chair digitally certifies the canvass report on the secretary of state's website. The posting on the site that the results are final completes the canvass report. The chair is not required to file any additional notice or report with the county clerk.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1179 (S.B. 1073), Sec. 15(2), eff. September 1, 2015.
(f) The local canvass is open to the general public.
(g) The official result of the primary election, except for offices canvassed at the state level, is determined from the local canvass of precinct returns and shall be posted to the secretary of state's website.
(h) A designee appointed by the county chair to conduct the local canvass under this section must be:
(1) a member of the county executive committee; or
(2) if no member of the county executive committee is available to conduct the canvass, a resident of the county served by the committee who is affiliated with the same political party.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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