Tex. Election Code § 85.071
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 85.071, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 85.071. DELIVERY OF BALLOTS TO MAIN POLLING PLACE.
Official statutory text
(a) During the period for early voting by personal appearance, the ballots voted at a branch polling place shall be:
(1) retained securely at the branch polling place in a locked room accessible only to election officers; or
(2) delivered by an election officer or designated law enforcement officer to the main early voting polling place at the close of voting each day.
(b) The unvoted ballots at the branch polling place shall be retained or delivered with the voted ballots of the same ballot style but in a separate locked container.
(c) At the close of early voting at a branch polling place:
(1) unvoted ballots shall be retained or delivered in the manner described by Subsection (b);
(2) voted ballots to be counted using automatic tabulating equipment shall be retained or delivered in the manner described by Subsection (a); and
(3) voted ballots to be counted manually shall be:
(A) delivered by an election officer or designated law enforcement officer to the main early voting polling place; and
(B) set aside for subsequent delivery to the early voting ballot board under Section 87.021.
(d) At the close of the polls on election day, voted early voting ballots to be counted using automatic tabulating equipment shall be delivered with the ballots voted on election day at the same polling place to the central counting station according to Section 87.129 and the procedures under Subchapter C, Chapter 127.
(1) retained securely at the branch polling place in a locked room accessible only to election officers; or
(2) delivered by an election officer or designated law enforcement officer to the main early voting polling place at the close of voting each day.
(b) The unvoted ballots at the branch polling place shall be retained or delivered with the voted ballots of the same ballot style but in a separate locked container.
(c) At the close of early voting at a branch polling place:
(1) unvoted ballots shall be retained or delivered in the manner described by Subsection (b);
(2) voted ballots to be counted using automatic tabulating equipment shall be retained or delivered in the manner described by Subsection (a); and
(3) voted ballots to be counted manually shall be:
(A) delivered by an election officer or designated law enforcement officer to the main early voting polling place; and
(B) set aside for subsequent delivery to the early voting ballot board under Section 87.021.
(d) At the close of the polls on election day, voted early voting ballots to be counted using automatic tabulating equipment shall be delivered with the ballots voted on election day at the same polling place to the central counting station according to Section 87.129 and the procedures under Subchapter C, Chapter 127.
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