Tex. Election Code § 87.1221
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 87.1221, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 87.1221. DISPOSITION OF BALLOT TRANSMITTAL FORM.
Official statutory text
(a) The presiding judge of the early voting ballot board shall enter on the ballot transmittal form the following information:
(1) the number of personal appearance ballots received;
(2) the number of mail ballots received;
(3) the number of mail ballots accepted;
(4) the number of mail ballots rejected; and
(5) the number of ballots counted or delivered to the central counting station, as applicable.
(b) A board member shall deliver the transmittal form to the general custodian of election records to be preserved for the period for preserving the precinct election records.
(1) the number of personal appearance ballots received;
(2) the number of mail ballots received;
(3) the number of mail ballots accepted;
(4) the number of mail ballots rejected; and
(5) the number of ballots counted or delivered to the central counting station, as applicable.
(b) A board member shall deliver the transmittal form to the general custodian of election records to be preserved for the period for preserving the precinct election records.
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