Tex. Election Code § 65.051
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 65.051, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 65.051. DUTY OF EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD.
Official statutory text
(a) The early voting ballot board shall verify and count provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than the ninth day after the date of an election.
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for an election held on the date of the general election for state and county officers, the early voting ballot board shall verify and count provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than the 13th day after the date of the election.
(b) Except as provided by this subchapter, the conduct of the board is governed by the same procedures as are provided by Chapter 87.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 , Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2015.
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for an election held on the date of the general election for state and county officers, the early voting ballot board shall verify and count provisional ballots as provided by this subchapter not later than the 13th day after the date of the election.
(b) Except as provided by this subchapter, the conduct of the board is governed by the same procedures as are provided by Chapter 87.
(c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 , Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2015.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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