Sec. 67.007. COUNTY ELECTION RETURNS. (a) For each election for a statewide, district, county, or precinct office, a statewide measure, or president and vice-president of the United States, the county clerk of each county in the territory covered by the election shall prepare county election returns.
(b) The county election returns shall state, for each candidate and for and against each measure, the total number of votes received in the county as stated by the local canvassing authority's tabulation of votes.
(c) The county clerk shall certify the county returns.
(d) Not later than 24 hours after completion of the local canvass, the county clerk shall deliver to the secretary of state, in the manner directed by the secretary, the county returns.
(e) The county clerk shall retain a copy of the county returns for the period for preserving the precinct election records.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (H.B. 2628), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Conduct of Elections
Chapter 67 - Canvassing Elections
Section 67.001. Applicability of Chapter
Section 67.002. Canvass of Precinct Returns
Section 67.003. Time for Local Canvass
Section 67.004. Procedure for Local Canvass
Section 67.005. Determining Official Result of Election Not Canvassed at State Level
Section 67.006. Local Election Register
Section 67.007. County Election Returns
Section 67.008. Separate County Returns for Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Section 67.009. Forms and Instructions for County Returns
Section 67.010. County Returns Canvassed by Governor
Section 67.011. County Returns Canvassed by Legislature
Section 67.012. Time for Canvass by Governor
Section 67.013. Procedure for Canvass by Governor
Section 67.014. Determining Official Result of Election Canvassed at State Level
Section 67.015. State Election Register
Section 67.016. Certificate of Election
Section 67.017. Reporting Precinct Results to Secretary of State