Sec. 67.015. STATE ELECTION REGISTER. (a) An election register shall be maintained for the governor.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (e), for each election the election register shall contain in tabulated form the information required to appear in the tabulations of the county results prepared by the secretary of state.
(c) The secretary of state is the custodian of the election register for the governor.
(d) After each canvass conducted by the governor, the secretary of state shall make the appropriate entries in the election register.
(e) If a discrepancy exists between the legislature's canvass of the election for governor or lieutenant governor and the register entries pertaining to either of those offices that are made from the secretary of state's tabulation, the secretary shall make the entries in the register necessary to make it correspond to the legislature's canvass.
(f) The election register shall be preserved as a permanent record of the state.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 163, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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