Tex. Election Code § 66.057
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 66.057, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 66.057. REGULATING PUBLIC INSPECTION OF CERTAIN ELECTION RECORDS.
Official statutory text
(a) The election returns for a particular precinct that are delivered to the general custodian of election records do not become public information until the custodian completes the unofficial tabulation of the results for that precinct.
(b) The general custodian of election records or the custodian's designee shall be present at all times when the records delivered in ballot box no. 4 are inspected.
(c) The election records in envelope no. 3 become public information when delivery of the precinct election records is completed.
(b) The general custodian of election records or the custodian's designee shall be present at all times when the records delivered in ballot box no. 4 are inspected.
(c) The election records in envelope no. 3 become public information when delivery of the precinct election records is completed.
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