Tex. Election Code § 211.005
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 211.005, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 211.005. METHOD OF GIVING NOTICE; RECORD OF NOTICE.
Official statutory text
(a) The authority responsible for giving a notice required by this title shall use the most expeditious means available for giving the notice. If the authority cannot give personal notice when required, the authority shall give notice by another method.
(b) The authority giving notice shall make a written record of the time at which each notice is given to a person and the method by which the notice is given. The record shall be preserved with the recount document to which the notice pertains.
(b) The authority giving notice shall make a written record of the time at which each notice is given to a person and the method by which the notice is given. The record shall be preserved with the recount document to which the notice pertains.
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