Tex. Election Code § 213.007
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 213.007, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 213.007. ACCESS TO BALLOTS, EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER MATERIALS.
Official statutory text
(a) On presentation by a recount committee chair of a written order signed by the recount supervisor, the custodian of voted ballots, voting machines or test materials or programs used in counting electronic voting system ballots shall make the ballots, machines, or materials or programs, including the records from which the operation of the voting system may be audited, available to the committee.
(b) The custodian of keys to secured materials or equipment shall make the keys available to the committee in the same manner as provided by Subsection (a).
(c) The recount committee chair shall have the materials and equipment restored to their secured condition and returned to the appropriate custodian.
(b) The custodian of keys to secured materials or equipment shall make the keys available to the committee in the same manner as provided by Subsection (a).
(c) The recount committee chair shall have the materials and equipment restored to their secured condition and returned to the appropriate custodian.
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