Tex. Election Code § 271.010
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 271.010, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 271.010. CUSTODIAN OF ELECTION RECORDS.
Official statutory text
The general custodian of election records for elections ordered by an authority of any one of the political subdivisions participating in a joint election may be appointed as the general custodian of election records for the joint election if:
(1) the election records for a common polling place are combined; or
(2) the ballots for more than one of the participating political subdivisions are deposited by the voters in a single ballot box.
(1) the election records for a common polling place are combined; or
(2) the ballots for more than one of the participating political subdivisions are deposited by the voters in a single ballot box.
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