Tex. Election Code § 65.055
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 65.055, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 65.055. DISPOSITION OF ACCEPTED PROVISIONAL BALLOT AND AFFIDAVIT.
Official statutory text
(a) The early voting ballot board shall open each envelope containing an accepted provisional ballot without defacing the affidavit located on the outside of the envelope and shall remove the ballot.
(b) The board shall place the ballot in a ballot box containing all the provisional ballots accepted for voting in the election.
(c) For each accepted provisional ballot, the board shall place the corresponding envelope on which is printed the voter's affidavit executed under Section 63.011 in a sealed envelope and shall deliver the envelope to the general custodian of election records, to be retained for the period for preserving precinct election returns.
(b) The board shall place the ballot in a ballot box containing all the provisional ballots accepted for voting in the election.
(c) For each accepted provisional ballot, the board shall place the corresponding envelope on which is printed the voter's affidavit executed under Section 63.011 in a sealed envelope and shall deliver the envelope to the general custodian of election records, to be retained for the period for preserving precinct election returns.
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