Tex. Election Code § 68.005
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 68.005, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 68.005. FINAL REPORTS OF TABULATION.
Official statutory text
(a) After completion of the tabulation, the secretary of state shall publish a final report covering the races being tabulated.
(b) The final report may include:
(1) the information described by Section 68.004(b);
(2) vote totals by county for all races being tabulated; and
(3) vote totals for federal offices and statewide offices of the state government in a minimum of eight regions designated by the secretary on the basis of the geographic scope of the electronic media markets.
(c) The secretary shall distribute a copy of the final report on publication to the participating news media, governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the elections advisory committee. A copy of the report shall also be furnished to other persons on payment of a reasonable fee prescribed by the secretary to defray the costs of preparing and furnishing the copy.
(b) The final report may include:
(1) the information described by Section 68.004(b);
(2) vote totals by county for all races being tabulated; and
(3) vote totals for federal offices and statewide offices of the state government in a minimum of eight regions designated by the secretary on the basis of the geographic scope of the electronic media markets.
(c) The secretary shall distribute a copy of the final report on publication to the participating news media, governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the elections advisory committee. A copy of the report shall also be furnished to other persons on payment of a reasonable fee prescribed by the secretary to defray the costs of preparing and furnishing the copy.
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