Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 6 - Conduct of Elections

Section 61.004. Unlawful Operation of Sound Amplification Device or Sound Truck - Sec. 61.004. UNLAWFUL OPERATION OF SOUND AMPLIFICATION DEVICE OR SOUND...

Section 61.005. Security of Ballots, Ballot Boxes, and Envelopes - Sec. 61.005. SECURITY OF BALLOTS, BALLOT BOXES, AND ENVELOPES. (a)...

Section 61.006. Unlawfully Divulging Vote - Sec. 61.006. UNLAWFULLY DIVULGING VOTE. (a) A person commits an...

Section 61.007. Unlawfully Revealing Information Before Polls Close - Sec. 61.007. UNLAWFULLY REVEALING INFORMATION BEFORE POLLS CLOSE. (a) An...

Section 61.008. Unlawfully Influencing Voter - Sec. 61.008. UNLAWFULLY INFLUENCING VOTER. (a) A person commits an...

Section 61.009. Instructing Voter on Casting Ballot - Sec. 61.009. INSTRUCTING VOTER ON CASTING BALLOT. On the request...

Section 61.010. Wearing Name Tag or Badge in Polling Place - Sec. 61.010. WEARING NAME TAG OR BADGE IN POLLING PLACE....

Section 61.011. Removing Written Communications Found in Polling Place - Sec. 61.011. REMOVING WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOUND IN POLLING PLACE. (a)...

Section 61.012. Access by Persons With Disabilities - Sec. 61.012. ACCESS BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) Except as...

Section 61.013. Access by Persons With Disabilities: Elections of Certain Political Subdivisions - Sec. 61.013. ACCESS BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: ELECTIONS OF CERTAIN...

Section 61.014. Use of Certain Devices - Sec. 61.014. USE OF CERTAIN DEVICES. (a) A person may...

Subchapter B. Interpreter

Section 61.031. Use of English Language - Sec. 61.031. USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE. (a) Except as provided...

Section 61.032. Interpreter Permitted - Sec. 61.032. INTERPRETER PERMITTED. If an election officer who attempts...

Section 61.033. Eligibility to Serve as Interpreter - Sec. 61.033. ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS INTERPRETER. To be eligible...

Section 61.034. Translating Ballot - Sec. 61.034. TRANSLATING BALLOT. If a voter cannot comprehend the...

Section 61.035. Oath - Sec. 61.035. OATH. (a) Before serving as an interpreter, the...

Section 61.036. Translation Required - Sec. 61.036. TRANSLATION REQUIRED. (a) If an election officer and...

Chapter 62 - Preliminary Arrangements

Section 62.001. Officers to Assemble - Sec. 62.001. OFFICERS TO ASSEMBLE. (a) On election day, the...

Section 62.002. Time for Completing Arrangements - Sec. 62.002. TIME FOR COMPLETING ARRANGEMENTS. Except as otherwise provided...

Section 62.003. Election Officers: Oath and Identification - Sec. 62.003. ELECTION OFFICERS: OATH AND IDENTIFICATION. (a) The presiding...

Section 62.004. Arranging Voting Stations - Sec. 62.004. ARRANGING VOTING STATIONS. The voting stations shall be...

Section 62.005. Examining Ballot Boxes - Sec. 62.005. EXAMINING BALLOT BOXES. An election officer shall open...

Section 62.006. Placing Box for Deposit of Marked Ballots - Sec. 62.006. PLACING BOX FOR DEPOSIT OF MARKED BALLOTS. The...

Section 62.007. Examining Ballots - Sec. 62.007. EXAMINING BALLOTS. (a) An election officer shall unseal...

Section 62.008. Presiding Judge to Sign Ballots - Sec. 62.008. PRESIDING JUDGE TO SIGN BALLOTS. (a) The presiding...

Section 62.009. Disarranging Ballots for Voters' Selection - Sec. 62.009. DISARRANGING BALLOTS FOR VOTERS' SELECTION. (a) As needed...

Section 62.010. Distance Marker - Sec. 62.010. DISTANCE MARKER. (a) An election officer shall place...

Section 62.011. Instruction Poster - Sec. 62.011. INSTRUCTION POSTER. (a) An election officer shall post...

Section 62.0111. Notice of Prohibition of Certain Devices - Sec. 62.0111. NOTICE OF PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN DEVICES. (a) At...

Section 62.0112. Notice of Voter Complaint Information - Sec. 62.0112. NOTICE OF VOTER COMPLAINT INFORMATION. (a) At one...

Section 62.0115. Public Notice of Voters' Rights - Sec. 62.0115. PUBLIC NOTICE OF VOTERS' RIGHTS. (a) The secretary...

Section 62.012. Posting Sample Ballot - Sec. 62.012. POSTING SAMPLE BALLOT. An election officer shall post...

Section 62.013. Unauthorized Posting of Signs Prohibited - Sec. 62.013. UNAUTHORIZED POSTING OF SIGNS PROHIBITED. (a) An election...

Section 62.014. Modification of List of Registered Voters - Sec. 62.014. MODIFICATION OF LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS. (a) If...

Section 62.015. Placing Indelible Marking Instrument in Station - Sec. 62.015. PLACING INDELIBLE MARKING INSTRUMENT IN STATION. (a) An...

Section 62.016. Notice of Acceptable Identification Outside Polling Places - Sec. 62.016. NOTICE OF ACCEPTABLE IDENTIFICATION OUTSIDE POLLING PLACES. The...

Chapter 63 - Accepting Voter

Section 63.001. Regular Procedure for Accepting Voter - Sec. 63.001. REGULAR PROCEDURE FOR ACCEPTING VOTER. (a) Except as...

Section 63.0011. Statement of Residence Required - Sec. 63.0011. STATEMENT OF RESIDENCE REQUIRED. (a) Before a voter...

Section 63.0013. False Statement on Declaration of Reasonable Impediment - Sec. 63.0013. FALSE STATEMENT ON DECLARATION OF REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT. (a)...

Section 63.0015. Accepting Voters With Certain Disabilities - Sec. 63.0015. ACCEPTING VOTERS WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES. (a) In this...

Section 63.002. Signature Roster - Sec. 63.002. SIGNATURE ROSTER. (a) A signature roster shall be...

Section 63.003. Poll List - Sec. 63.003. POLL LIST. (a) A poll list shall be...

Section 63.004. Combination Form - Sec. 63.004. COMBINATION FORM. (a) The secretary of state may...

Section 63.005. Registration Omissions List - Sec. 63.005. REGISTRATION OMISSIONS LIST. (a) A registration omissions list...

Section 63.0051. Confirming Registration Status of Voter - Sec. 63.0051. CONFIRMING REGISTRATION STATUS OF VOTER. (a) If the...

Section 63.006. Voter With Required Documentation Who Is Not on List - Sec. 63.006. VOTER WITH REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION WHO IS NOT ON...

Section 63.009. Voter Without Certificate Who Is Not on List - Sec. 63.009. VOTER WITHOUT CERTIFICATE WHO IS NOT ON LIST....

Section 63.0101. Documentation of Proof of Identification - Sec. 63.0101. DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION. (a) The following...

Section 63.0102. Use of Certain Electronically Readable Information - Sec. 63.0102. USE OF CERTAIN ELECTRONICALLY READABLE INFORMATION. (a) An...

Section 63.011. Provisional Voting - Sec. 63.011. PROVISIONAL VOTING. (a) A person to whom Section...

Section 63.0111. Offenses Related to Provisional Voting - Sec. 63.0111. OFFENSES RELATED TO PROVISIONAL VOTING. (a) An election...

Section 63.012. Unlawfully Accepting or Refusing to Accept Voter - Sec. 63.012. UNLAWFULLY ACCEPTING OR REFUSING TO ACCEPT VOTER. (a)...

Chapter 64 - Voting Procedures

Subchapter A. Voting Generally

Section 64.001. Voter to Select and Prepare Ballot - Sec. 64.001. VOTER TO SELECT AND PREPARE BALLOT. (a) After...

Section 64.002. Occupancy of Voting Station - Sec. 64.002. OCCUPANCY OF VOTING STATION. (a) Except as otherwise...

Section 64.003. Marking the Ballot for Candidate on Ballot - Sec. 64.003. MARKING THE BALLOT FOR CANDIDATE ON BALLOT. A...

Section 64.005. Marking the Ballot for Write-in Candidate - Sec. 64.005. MARKING THE BALLOT FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATE. In an...

Section 64.006. Marking the Ballot for Measure - Sec. 64.006. MARKING THE BALLOT FOR MEASURE. A vote on...

Section 64.007. Spoiled Ballot - Sec. 64.007. SPOILED BALLOT. (a) If a voter mismarks, damages,...

Section 64.008. Depositing Ballot - Sec. 64.008. DEPOSITING BALLOT. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 64.009. Voter Unable to Enter Polling Place - Sec. 64.009. VOTER UNABLE TO ENTER POLLING PLACE. (a) If...

Section 64.010. Unlawfully Permitting or Preventing Deposit of Ballot - Sec. 64.010. UNLAWFULLY PERMITTING OR PREVENTING DEPOSIT OF BALLOT. (a)...

Section 64.011. Unlawfully Depositing Ballot - Sec. 64.011. UNLAWFULLY DEPOSITING BALLOT. (a) A person commits an...

Section 64.012. Illegal Voting - Sec. 64.012. ILLEGAL VOTING. (a) A person commits an offense...

Subchapter B. Assisting Voter

Section 64.031. Eligibility for Assistance - Sec. 64.031. ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE. A voter is eligible to...

Section 64.032. Persons Providing Assistance - Sec. 64.032. PERSONS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 64.0321. Definition - Sec. 64.0321. DEFINITION. For purposes of this subchapter and Sections...

Section 64.0322. Submission of Form by Assistant - Sec. 64.0322. SUBMISSION OF FORM BY ASSISTANT. (a) A person,...

Section 64.033. Reading Ballot to Voter - Sec. 64.033. READING BALLOT TO VOTER. (a) If a voter...

Section 64.034. Oath - Sec. 64.034. OATH. A person, other than an election officer,...

Section 64.035. Depositing Ballot - Sec. 64.035. DEPOSITING BALLOT. After assistance has been provided in...

Section 64.036. Unlawful Assistance - Sec. 64.036. UNLAWFUL ASSISTANCE. (a) A person commits an offense...

Section 64.037. Unauthorized Assistance Voids Ballot - Sec. 64.037. UNAUTHORIZED ASSISTANCE VOIDS BALLOT. If assistance is provided...

Chapter 65 - Counting Votes and Preparing Returns

Subchapter A. Counting Votes Generally

Section 65.001. Counting Officers - Sec. 65.001. COUNTING OFFICERS. At each polling place, the ballots...

Section 65.002. Time for Counting - Sec. 65.002. TIME FOR COUNTING. (a) Subject to Subsection (b),...

Section 65.003. Rotating Ballot Boxes No - Sec. 65.003. ROTATING BALLOT BOXES NO. 1 AND NO. 2....

Section 65.004. Tally Lists - Sec. 65.004. TALLY LISTS. Three original tally lists shall be...

Section 65.005. Tallying the Votes - Sec. 65.005. TALLYING THE VOTES. (a) One member of the...

Section 65.006. Replacing Member of Counting Team - Sec. 65.006. REPLACING MEMBER OF COUNTING TEAM. (a) A member...

Section 65.008. Tallying Write-in Votes - Sec. 65.008. TALLYING WRITE-IN VOTES. (a) In an election in...

Section 65.009. Counting Irregularly Marked Ballot - Sec. 65.009. COUNTING IRREGULARLY MARKED BALLOT. (a) Failure to mark...

Section 65.010. Ballots Not Counted - Sec. 65.010. BALLOTS NOT COUNTED. (a) The following ballots may...

Section 65.011. Overvoting - Sec. 65.011. OVERVOTING. If a voter marks the ballot for...

Section 65.012. Depositing Ballot in Ballot Box No - Sec. 65.012. DEPOSITING BALLOT IN BALLOT BOX NO. 3. (a)...

Section 65.013. Ballot Register - Sec. 65.013. BALLOT REGISTER. (a) Each presiding judge shall prepare...

Section 65.014. Preparing the Precinct Returns - Sec. 65.014. PREPARING THE PRECINCT RETURNS. (a) On completion of...

Section 65.015. Announcing Partial Results - Sec. 65.015. ANNOUNCING PARTIAL RESULTS. (a) Subject to Subsection (b),...

Section 65.016. Internet Posting of Election Results - Sec. 65.016. INTERNET POSTING OF ELECTION RESULTS. (a) A county...

Subchapter B. Verification and Counting of Provisional Ballots

Section 65.051. Duty of Early Voting Ballot Board - Sec. 65.051. DUTY OF EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD. (a) The...

Section 65.052. Duty of Voter Registrar - Sec. 65.052. DUTY OF VOTER REGISTRAR. The secretary of state...

Section 65.053. Delivery of Provisional Ballots - Sec. 65.053. DELIVERY OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS. The presiding judge of...

Section 65.054. Accepting Provisional Ballot - Sec. 65.054. ACCEPTING PROVISIONAL BALLOT. (a) The early voting ballot...

Section 65.0541. Presentation of Identification for Certain Provisional Ballots - Sec. 65.0541. PRESENTATION OF IDENTIFICATION FOR CERTAIN PROVISIONAL BALLOTS. (a)...

Section 65.055. Disposition of Accepted Provisional Ballot and Affidavit - Sec. 65.055. DISPOSITION OF ACCEPTED PROVISIONAL BALLOT AND AFFIDAVIT. (a)...

Section 65.056. Disposition of Rejected Provisional Ballot - Sec. 65.056. DISPOSITION OF REJECTED PROVISIONAL BALLOT. (a) If the...

Section 65.057. Processing Accepted Provisional Ballots - Sec. 65.057. PROCESSING ACCEPTED PROVISIONAL BALLOTS. (a) The early voting...

Section 65.058. Preservation of Provisional Voting Records Generally - Sec. 65.058. PRESERVATION OF PROVISIONAL VOTING RECORDS GENERALLY. The returns...

Section 65.0581. Public Inspection of Provisional Voting Records - Sec. 65.0581. PUBLIC INSPECTION OF PROVISIONAL VOTING RECORDS. Provisional voting...

Section 65.059. Notice to Provisional Voter - Sec. 65.059. NOTICE TO PROVISIONAL VOTER. The secretary of state...

Section 65.060. Disclosure of Social Security, Driver's License, or Personal Identification Number on Provisional Ballot Affidavit - Sec. 65.060. DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY, DRIVER'S LICENSE, OR PERSONAL...

Chapter 66 - Disposition of Records and Supplies After Election

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 66.001. General Custodian of Election Records - Sec. 66.001. GENERAL CUSTODIAN OF ELECTION RECORDS. The general custodian...

Section 66.002. Precinct Election Records - Sec. 66.002. PRECINCT ELECTION RECORDS. In this chapter, "precinct election...

Section 66.0021. Election Day Vote Total for Certain Elections - Sec. 66.0021. ELECTION DAY VOTE TOTAL FOR CERTAIN ELECTIONS. (a)...

Section 66.003. Envelopes for Distribution of Records - Sec. 66.003. ENVELOPES FOR DISTRIBUTION OF RECORDS. (a) Four envelopes...

Section 66.004. Polling Place Checklists - Sec. 66.004. POLLING PLACE CHECKLISTS. The secretary of state shall...

Subchapter B. Assembling Records for Distribution

Section 66.021. Assembling Election Records - Sec. 66.021. ASSEMBLING ELECTION RECORDS. (a) On completing the election...

Section 66.022. Contents of Envelope No - Sec. 66.022. CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 1. Envelope no. 1...

Section 66.023. Contents of Envelope No - Sec. 66.023. CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 2. Envelope no. 2...

Section 66.024. Contents of Envelope No - Sec. 66.024. CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 3. Envelope no. 3...

Section 66.0241. Contents of Envelope No - Sec. 66.0241. CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 4. Envelope no. 4...

Section 66.025. Contents of Ballot Box No - Sec. 66.025. CONTENTS OF BALLOT BOX NO. 3. (a) Ballot...

Section 66.026. Contents of Ballot Box No - Sec. 66.026. CONTENTS OF BALLOT BOX NO. 4. Ballot box...

Subchapter C. Disposition of Records and Supplies

Section 66.051. Distribution of Election Records - Sec. 66.051. DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTION RECORDS. (a) The presiding judge...

Section 66.052. Delivery by Election Clerk - Sec. 66.052. DELIVERY BY ELECTION CLERK. A delivery of election...

Section 66.053. Time for Delivering Election Records - Sec. 66.053. TIME FOR DELIVERING ELECTION RECORDS. (a) The precinct...

Section 66.054. Failure to Deliver Election Returns and Voted Ballots - Sec. 66.054. FAILURE TO DELIVER ELECTION RETURNS AND VOTED BALLOTS....

Section 66.055. Judicial Impoundment of Election Records - Sec. 66.055. JUDICIAL IMPOUNDMENT OF ELECTION RECORDS. (a) If the...

Section 66.056. Unofficial Tabulation of Precinct Results - Sec. 66.056. UNOFFICIAL TABULATION OF PRECINCT RESULTS. (a) As the...

Section 66.057. Regulating Public Inspection of Certain Election Records - Sec. 66.057. REGULATING PUBLIC INSPECTION OF CERTAIN ELECTION RECORDS. (a)...

Section 66.058. Preservation of Precinct Election Records - Sec. 66.058. PRESERVATION OF PRECINCT ELECTION RECORDS. (a) Except as...

Section 66.059. Retrieving Erroneously Placed Election Records - Sec. 66.059. RETRIEVING ERRONEOUSLY PLACED ELECTION RECORDS. (a) On written...

Section 66.060. Delivery and Preservation of Key to Ballot Box No - Sec. 66.060. DELIVERY AND PRESERVATION OF KEY TO BALLOT BOX...

Section 66.061. Custody of List of Registered Voters to Be Reused in Subsequent Election - Sec. 66.061. CUSTODY OF LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS TO BE...

Section 66.062. Returning Equipment and Supplies - Sec. 66.062. RETURNING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES. (a) At the same...

Chapter 67 - Canvassing Elections

Section 67.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 67.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to each...

Section 67.002. Canvass of Precinct Returns - Sec. 67.002. CANVASS OF PRECINCT RETURNS. (a) Except as otherwise...

Section 67.003. Time for Local Canvass - Sec. 67.003. TIME FOR LOCAL CANVASS. (a) Repealed by Acts...

Section 67.004. Procedure for Local Canvass - Sec. 67.004. PROCEDURE FOR LOCAL CANVASS. (a) At the time...

Section 67.005. Determining Official Result of Election Not Canvassed at State Level - Sec. 67.005. DETERMINING OFFICIAL RESULT OF ELECTION NOT CANVASSED AT...

Section 67.006. Local Election Register - Sec. 67.006. LOCAL ELECTION REGISTER. (a) An election register shall...

Section 67.007. County Election Returns - Sec. 67.007. COUNTY ELECTION RETURNS. (a) For each election for...

Section 67.008. Separate County Returns for Governor and Lieutenant Governor - Sec. 67.008. SEPARATE COUNTY RETURNS FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR....

Section 67.009. Forms and Instructions for County Returns - Sec. 67.009. FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR COUNTY RETURNS. (a) Before...

Section 67.010. County Returns Canvassed by Governor - Sec. 67.010. COUNTY RETURNS CANVASSED BY GOVERNOR. (a) The county...

Section 67.011. County Returns Canvassed by Legislature - Sec. 67.011. COUNTY RETURNS CANVASSED BY LEGISLATURE. (a) The county...

Section 67.012. Time for Canvass by Governor - Sec. 67.012. TIME FOR CANVASS BY GOVERNOR. (a) The governor...

Section 67.013. Procedure for Canvass by Governor - Sec. 67.013. PROCEDURE FOR CANVASS BY GOVERNOR. (a) At the...

Section 67.014. Determining Official Result of Election Canvassed at State Level - Sec. 67.014. DETERMINING OFFICIAL RESULT OF ELECTION CANVASSED AT STATE...

Section 67.015. State Election Register - Sec. 67.015. STATE ELECTION REGISTER. (a) An election register shall...

Section 67.016. Certificate of Election - Sec. 67.016. CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION. (a) After the completion of...

Section 67.017. Reporting Precinct Results to Secretary of State - Sec. 67.017. REPORTING PRECINCT RESULTS TO SECRETARY OF STATE. (a)...

Chapter 68 - Tabulation of Unofficial Results of Certain Races by Secretary of State

Subchapter A. Conduct of Tabulation

Section 68.001. Duty to Tabulate Generally - Sec. 68.001. DUTY TO TABULATE GENERALLY. (a) The secretary of...

Section 68.002. Access to Tabulation System - Sec. 68.002. ACCESS TO TABULATION SYSTEM. (a) During the tabulation,...

Section 68.003. Display Terminals for Certain State Officers - Sec. 68.003. DISPLAY TERMINALS FOR CERTAIN STATE OFFICERS. (a) For...

Section 68.004. Periodic Reports During Tabulation - Sec. 68.004. PERIODIC REPORTS DURING TABULATION. (a) Periodically during the...

Section 68.005. Final Reports of Tabulation - Sec. 68.005. FINAL REPORTS OF TABULATION. (a) After completion of...

Section 68.006. Report of Receipt of County Results - Sec. 68.006. REPORT OF RECEIPT OF COUNTY RESULTS. The secretary...

Section 68.007. Posting Reports for Public Inspection - Sec. 68.007. POSTING REPORTS FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. (a) The secretary...

Section 68.008. Backup System - Sec. 68.008. BACKUP SYSTEM. The secretary of state shall provide...

Section 68.009. Operations Manual - Sec. 68.009. OPERATIONS MANUAL. Not later than the 90th day...

Section 68.010. Disposition of Funds - Sec. 68.010. DISPOSITION OF FUNDS. Funds collected under this chapter...

Section 68.011. Additional Procedures Prescribed by Secretary of State - Sec. 68.011. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED BY SECRETARY OF STATE. The...

Subchapter B. Duties of Local Election Officials for Certain Races

Section 68.031. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 68.031. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to each...

Section 68.032. Delivery of Returns and Voted Ballots - Sec. 68.032. DELIVERY OF RETURNS AND VOTED BALLOTS. (a) In...

Section 68.033. Counting of Early Voting Ballots - Sec. 68.033. COUNTING OF EARLY VOTING BALLOTS. The early voting...

Section 68.034. Transmission of Results to Secretary of State - Sec. 68.034. TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS TO SECRETARY OF STATE. (a)...

Subchapter C. Elections Advisory Committee

Section 68.051. Membership - Sec. 68.051. MEMBERSHIP. (a) Not later than January 1 of...

Section 68.052. Chair and Meetings - Sec. 68.052. CHAIR AND MEETINGS. (a) The secretary of state...

Section 68.053. Review of Operations Manual - Sec. 68.053. REVIEW OF OPERATIONS MANUAL. The committee shall review...

Section 68.054. Members Present During Tabulation - Sec. 68.054. MEMBERS PRESENT DURING TABULATION. One or more members...

Section 68.055. Evaluation and Recommendations Regarding Tabulation - Sec. 68.055. EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TABULATION. The committee shall...

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