Tex. Election Code § 68.004
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 68.004, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 68.004. PERIODIC REPORTS DURING TABULATION.
Official statutory text
(a) Periodically during the tabulation, the secretary of state shall publish reports covering the races being tabulated.
(b) The periodic reports may include:
(1) vote totals for all contested races being tabulated;
(2) vote totals by county for federal offices and statewide offices of the state government;
(3) vote totals for federal offices and statewide offices of the state government in each of the six most populous counties, the total for the next 19 most populous counties, and the total for the remaining 229 counties; and
(4) any other information the secretary of state determines to be relevant.
(c) The secretary shall distribute the periodic reports on publication to the participating news media.
(b) The periodic reports may include:
(1) vote totals for all contested races being tabulated;
(2) vote totals by county for federal offices and statewide offices of the state government;
(3) vote totals for federal offices and statewide offices of the state government in each of the six most populous counties, the total for the next 19 most populous counties, and the total for the remaining 229 counties; and
(4) any other information the secretary of state determines to be relevant.
(c) The secretary shall distribute the periodic reports on publication to the participating news media.
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