Sec. 66.056. UNOFFICIAL TABULATION OF PRECINCT RESULTS. (a) As the general custodian of election records receives the precinct election records from each polling place, the custodian shall:
(1) open the envelopes and remove the precinct election returns; and
(2) prepare a tabulation stating for each candidate and for and against each measure:
(A) the total number of votes received in each precinct; and
(B) the sum of the precinct totals tabulated under Paragraph (A).
(b) The custodian shall periodically make a public announcement of the current state of the tabulation made under Subsection (a).
(c) The tabulation made under Subsection (a) is unofficial and does not affect the outcome of the election.
(d) The custodian shall preserve the unofficial tabulation for the period for preserving the precinct election records.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Conduct of Elections
Chapter 66 - Disposition of Records and Supplies After Election
Subchapter C. Disposition of Records and Supplies
Section 66.051. Distribution of Election Records
Section 66.052. Delivery by Election Clerk
Section 66.053. Time for Delivering Election Records
Section 66.054. Failure to Deliver Election Returns and Voted Ballots
Section 66.055. Judicial Impoundment of Election Records
Section 66.056. Unofficial Tabulation of Precinct Results
Section 66.057. Regulating Public Inspection of Certain Election Records
Section 66.058. Preservation of Precinct Election Records
Section 66.059. Retrieving Erroneously Placed Election Records
Section 66.060. Delivery and Preservation of Key to Ballot Box No
Section 66.061. Custody of List of Registered Voters to Be Reused in Subsequent Election