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Subchapter A. Establishment and Organization of Central Counting Station
Section 127.001. Establishment of Central Counting Station - Sec. 127.001. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL COUNTING STATION. (a) The authority...
Section 127.0015. Central Counting Station Officers: Oath and Identification - Sec. 127.0015. CENTRAL COUNTING STATION OFFICERS: OATH AND IDENTIFICATION. (a)...
Section 127.002. Counting Station Manager - Sec. 127.002. COUNTING STATION MANAGER. (a) The authority establishing a...
Section 127.003. Tabulation Supervisor - Sec. 127.003. TABULATION SUPERVISOR. (a) The authority establishing a central...
Section 127.004. Assistants to Tabulation Supervisor - Sec. 127.004. ASSISTANTS TO TABULATION SUPERVISOR. (a) The tabulation supervisor...
Section 127.005. Presiding Judge of Counting Station - Sec. 127.005. PRESIDING JUDGE OF COUNTING STATION. (a) The authority...
Section 127.006. Counting Station Clerks - Sec. 127.006. COUNTING STATION CLERKS. (a) The manager, the presiding...
Section 127.007. Plan for Counting Station Operation - Sec. 127.007. PLAN FOR COUNTING STATION OPERATION. (a) The manager...
Section 127.008. Bystanders Excluded - Sec. 127.008. BYSTANDERS EXCLUDED. (a) Except as permitted by this...
Section 127.009. Electronic Devices in Central Counting Station - Sec. 127.009. ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN CENTRAL COUNTING STATION. (a) A...
Subchapter C. Sealed Ballot Boxes
Section 127.061. Sealed Ballot Boxes Required - Sec. 127.061. SEALED BALLOT BOXES REQUIRED. Sealed ballot boxes shall...
Section 127.063. Design of Ballot Box - Sec. 127.063. DESIGN OF BALLOT BOX. A sealed ballot box...
Section 127.064. Seals for Ballot Boxes - Sec. 127.064. SEALS FOR BALLOT BOXES. (a) A seal shall...
Section 127.065. Sealing Ballot Box; Delivery to Polling Place - Sec. 127.065. SEALING BALLOT BOX; DELIVERY TO POLLING PLACE. (a)...
Section 127.066. Sealing Deposit Slot; Delivery of Sealed Ballot Box to Counting Station - Sec. 127.066. SEALING DEPOSIT SLOT; DELIVERY OF SEALED BALLOT BOX...
Section 127.067. Disposition of Election Records - Sec. 127.067. DISPOSITION OF ELECTION RECORDS. (a) An election officer...
Section 127.068. Receiving Sealed Ballot Box at Counting Station - Sec. 127.068. RECEIVING SEALED BALLOT BOX AT COUNTING STATION. (a)...
Section 127.069. Sorting Ballots - Sec. 127.069. SORTING BALLOTS. (a) After opening a sealed ballot...
Subchapter D. Testing Tabulating Equipment
Section 127.091. Test of Tabulating Equipment Required - Sec. 127.091. TEST OF TABULATING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED. The automatic tabulating...
Section 127.092. Testing Authorities - Sec. 127.092. TESTING AUTHORITIES. The programmer, tabulation supervisor, counting station...
Section 127.093. Times for Conducting Test - Sec. 127.093. TIMES FOR CONDUCTING TEST. (a) The test shall...
Section 127.094. Design of Test - Sec. 127.094. DESIGN OF TEST. (a) The test must be...
Section 127.095. Determining Success of Test - Sec. 127.095. DETERMINING SUCCESS OF TEST. (a) A test is...
Section 127.096. Conduct of First Test - Sec. 127.096. CONDUCT OF FIRST TEST. (a) The custodian of...
Section 127.097. Conduct of Second Test - Sec. 127.097. CONDUCT OF SECOND TEST. (a) The automatic tabulating...
Section 127.098. Conduct of Third Test; Void Ballot Count - Sec. 127.098. CONDUCT OF THIRD TEST; VOID BALLOT COUNT. (a)...
Section 127.099. Security of Test Materials - Sec. 127.099. SECURITY OF TEST MATERIALS. (a) On completing each...
Section 127.100. Custody of Test Materials - Sec. 127.100. CUSTODY OF TEST MATERIALS. (a) The presiding judge...
Subchapter E. Processing Results at Central Counting Station
Section 127.121. Programmer for Tabulating Equipment - Sec. 127.121. PROGRAMMER FOR TABULATING EQUIPMENT. (a) If the automatic...
Section 127.122. Approval of Program - Sec. 127.122. APPROVAL OF PROGRAM. If a person other than...
Section 127.123. Security of Program - Sec. 127.123. SECURITY OF PROGRAM. (a) The tabulation supervisor shall...
Section 127.1231. Security of Automatic Tabulating Equipment - Sec. 127.1231. SECURITY OF AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT. (a) Except as...
Section 127.1232. Security of Voted Ballots - Sec. 127.1232. SECURITY OF VOTED BALLOTS. (a) The general custodian...
Section 127.124. Early Processing of Ballots - Sec. 127.124. EARLY PROCESSING OF BALLOTS. (a) The authority adopting...
Section 127.125. Preparing Ballots for Automatic Counting - Sec. 127.125. PREPARING BALLOTS FOR AUTOMATIC COUNTING. (a) The manager...
Section 127.126. Duplicating Ballots - Sec. 127.126. DUPLICATING BALLOTS. (a) The manager of a central...
Section 127.127. Operating Equipment and Handling Ballots Restricted - Sec. 127.127. OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND HANDLING BALLOTS RESTRICTED. A person...
Section 127.128. Ballots Tabulated by Precinct - Sec. 127.128. BALLOTS TABULATED BY PRECINCT. The automatically counted ballots...
Section 127.129. Correction of Results After Equipment Malfunction - Sec. 127.129. CORRECTION OF RESULTS AFTER EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION. The secretary...
Section 127.130. Manual Counting - Sec. 127.130. MANUAL COUNTING. (a) Electronic system ballots that are...
Section 127.1301. Centrally Counted Optical Scan Ballots - Sec. 127.1301. CENTRALLY COUNTED OPTICAL SCAN BALLOTS. (a) In an...
Section 127.131. Preparing Returns - Sec. 127.131. PREPARING RETURNS. (a) After the automatic counting of...
Section 127.1311. Announcing Unofficial Results - Sec. 127.1311. ANNOUNCING UNOFFICIAL RESULTS. (a) Except as provided by...
Section 127.132. Disposition of Ballots, Returns, and Other Records - Sec. 127.132. DISPOSITION OF BALLOTS, RETURNS, AND OTHER RECORDS. (a)...
Subchapter F. Processing Results in System Without Centralized Counting
Section 127.151. Applicability of Subchapter; Procedures Prescribed by Secretary of State - Sec. 127.151. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER; PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED BY SECRETARY OF...
Section 127.152. Test of Tabulating Equipment Required - Sec. 127.152. TEST OF TABULATING EQUIPMENT REQUIRED. (a) Each unit...
Section 127.153. Test Repeated if Equipment Malfunctions - Sec. 127.153. TEST REPEATED IF EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONS. If the tabulating...
Section 127.154. Identification Numbers Required for Equipment - Sec. 127.154. IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS REQUIRED FOR EQUIPMENT. (a) Each unit...
Section 127.155. Presiding Judge to Sign Tape - Sec. 127.155. PRESIDING JUDGE TO SIGN TAPE. (a) The presiding...
Section 127.156. Tabulation at Central Counting Station if Discrepancy Exists in Ballot Totals - Sec. 127.156. TABULATION AT CENTRAL COUNTING STATION IF DISCREPANCY EXISTS...
Section 127.157. Processing Irregularly Marked Ballots - Sec. 127.157. PROCESSING IRREGULARLY MARKED BALLOTS. (a) This section applies...
Subchapter H. Additional Count of Electronic Voting System Ballots
Section 127.201. Partial Count of Electronic Voting System Ballots by General Custodian - Sec. 127.201. PARTIAL COUNT OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM BALLOTS BY...
Section 127.202. Count of Electronic Voting System Ballots by Secretary of State - Sec. 127.202. COUNT OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM BALLOTS BY SECRETARY...
Subchapter I. Risk-Limiting Audit
Section 127.301. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 127.301. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to an...
Section 127.302. Risk-Limiting Audit - Sec. 127.302. RISK-LIMITING AUDIT. (a) Not later than 24 hours...
Section 127.303. Rules - Sec. 127.303. RULES. (a) The secretary of state shall adopt...
Section 127.304. Publication of Results - Sec. 127.304. PUBLICATION OF RESULTS. The results of a risk-limiting...
Section 127.305. Pilot Program - Sec. 127.305. PILOT PROGRAM. (a) Notwithstanding Section 127.301(1), the secretary...
Section 127.306. Waiver Not Permitted - Sec. 127.306. WAIVER NOT PERMITTED. The secretary of state may...
Subchapter J. Randomized Audits
Section 127.351. Randomized County Audits - Sec. 127.351. RANDOMIZED COUNTY AUDITS. (a) Immediately after the uniform...