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TX Elec COde § 87.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter B. Delivering Materials to Board|Section 87.026. Bystanders Excluded

Sec. 87.026.  BYSTANDERS EXCLUDED. (a) Except as permitted by this code and as described by Subsection (b), a person may not be in the meeting place of an early voting ballot board during the time of the board's operations.(b)  Under this code, a person may be lawfully present in the meeting place of an early voting ballot board during the time of the board's operations if the person is:(1)  a presiding judge or member of the board;(2)  a watcher;(3)  a state inspector;(4)  a voting system technician, as authorized by Section 125.010;(5)  the county election officer, as defined by Section 31.091, as necessary to perform tasks related to the administration of the election; or(6)  a person whose presence has been authorized by the presiding judge in accordance with this code.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.15;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 454 (H.B. 1128), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 87.0271 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter B. Delivering Materials to Board|Section 87.0271. Opportunity to Correct Defect: Signature Verification Committee

Sec. 87.0271.  OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT DEFECT:  SIGNATURE VERIFICATION COMMITTEE.  (a)  This section applies to an early voting ballot voted by mail:(1)  for which the voter did not sign the carrier envelope certificate;(2)  for which it cannot immediately be determined whether the signature on the carrier envelope certificate is that of the voter;(3)  missing any required statement of residence;(4)  missing information or containing incorrect information required under Section 84.002(a)(1-a) or Section 86.002; or(5)  containing incomplete information with respect to a witness.(b)  Not later than the second business day after a signature verification committee discovers a defect described by Subsection (a) and before the committee decides whether to accept or reject a timely delivered ballot under Section 87.027, the committee shall:(1)  determine if it would be possible for the voter to correct the defect and return the carrier envelope before the time the polls are required to close on election day; and(2)  return the carrier envelope to the voter by mail, if the committee determines that it would be possible for the voter to correct the defect and return the carrier envelope before the time the polls are required to close on election day.(c)  If the signature verification committee determines under Subsection (b)(1) that it would not be possible for the voter to correct the defect and return the carrier envelope before the time the polls are required to close on election day, the committee may notify the voter of the defect by telephone or e-mail and inform the voter that the voter may request to have the voter's application to vote by mail canceled in the manner described by Section 84.032 or come to the early voting clerk's office in person not later than the sixth day after election day to correct the defect.(d)  If the signature verification committee takes an action described by Subsection (b) or (c), the committee must take either action described by that subsection with respect to each ballot in the election to which this section applies.(e)  A poll watcher is entitled to observe an action taken under Subsection (b) or (c).(f)  The secretary of state may prescribe any procedures necessary to implement this section.(g)  Notwithstanding any other law, a ballot may not be finally rejected for a reason listed in Section 87.041(b)(1), (2), or (6) before the seventh day after election day.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 5.12, eff. December 2, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 87.028 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter B. Delivering Materials to Board|Section 87.028. Access to Information

Sec. 87.028.  ACCESS TO INFORMATION.  (a) On request, a county election official shall provide to a member of an early voting ballot board all available information necessary to fulfilling the functions of the board, including any information from the statewide computerized voter registration list under Section 18.061.(b)  On request, a county election official shall provide to a member of a signature verification committee all available information necessary to fulfilling the functions of the committee, including any information from the statewide computerized voter registration list under Section 18.061.(c)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to prevent a member of an early voting ballot board or signature verification committee from retaining or sharing personally identifiable information from the statewide computerized voter registration list under Section 18.061 obtained under this section for any reason unrelated to the official's official duties.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 2.09, eff. December 2, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 87.0411 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter C. Accepting Early Voting Ballot Voted by Mail|Section 87.0411. Opportunity to Correct Defect: Early Voting Ballot Board

Sec. 87.0411.  OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT DEFECT:  EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD.  (a)  This section applies to an early voting ballot voted by mail:(1)  for which the voter did not sign the carrier envelope certificate;(2)  for which it cannot immediately be determined whether the signature on the carrier envelope certificate is that of the voter;(3)  missing any required statement of residence;(4)  missing information or containing incorrect information required under Section 84.002(a)(1-a) or Section 86.002; or(5)  containing incomplete information with respect to a witness.(b)  Not later than the second business day after an early voting ballot board discovers a defect described by Subsection (a) and before the board decides whether to accept or reject a timely delivered ballot under Section 87.041, the board shall:(1)  determine if it would be possible for the voter to correct the defect and return the carrier envelope before the time the polls are required to close on election day; and(2)  return the carrier envelope to the voter by mail, if the board determines that it would be possible for the voter to correct the defect and return the carrier envelope before the time the polls are required to close on election day.(c)  If the early voting ballot board determines under Subsection (b)(1) that it would not be possible for the voter to correct the defect and return the carrier envelope before the time the polls are required to close on election day, the board may notify the voter of the defect by telephone or e-mail and inform the voter that the voter may request to have the voter's application to vote by mail canceled in the manner described by Section 84.032 or come to the early voting clerk's office in person not later than the sixth day after election day to correct the defect.(d)  If the early voting ballot board takes an action described by Subsection (b) or (c), the board must take either action described by that subsection with respect to each ballot in the election to which this section applies.(e)  A poll watcher is entitled to observe an action taken under Subsection (b) or (c).(f)  The secretary of state may prescribe any procedures necessary to implement this section.(g)  Notwithstanding any other law, a ballot may not be finally rejected for a reason listed in Section 87.041(b)(1), (2), or (6) before the seventh day after election day.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 5.14, eff. December 2, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 87.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter C. Accepting Early Voting Ballot Voted by Mail|Section 87.042. Disposition of Accepted Ballot

Sec. 87.042.  DISPOSITION OF ACCEPTED BALLOT.  (a)  The early voting ballot board shall open each carrier envelope containing an accepted ballot without defacing the certificate on the carrier envelope and remove the ballot envelope from the carrier envelope.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), the board shall place the ballot envelope containing an accepted ballot in the ballot box containing the early voting ballots voted by personal appearance.(c)  The ballot envelope must be placed in a separate container if:(1)  the ballots are to be counted at a central counting station; or(2)  the procedure for counting the early voting votes cast by personal appearance is different from that for counting the votes cast by mail.(d)  An accepted ballot that was not returned in the official ballot envelope shall be treated as an accepted ballot that was returned in the ballot envelope.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.17;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1107 (H.B. 2309), Sec. 1.20, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Elec COde § 87.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter C. Accepting Early Voting Ballot Voted by Mail|Section 87.043. Disposition of Rejected Ballot

Sec. 87.043.  DISPOSITION OF REJECTED BALLOT.  (a)  The early voting ballot board shall place the carrier envelopes containing rejected ballots in an envelope and shall seal the envelope.  More than one envelope may be used if necessary.  The board shall keep a record of the number of rejected ballots in each envelope.(b)  The envelope for the rejected ballots must indicate the date and identity of the election and must be labeled "rejected early voting ballots" and signed by the board's presiding judge.(c)  A board member shall deliver the envelope containing the rejected ballots to the general custodian of election records to be preserved for the period for preserving the precinct election records.  The envelope may not be placed in the box containing the voted ballots.(d)  A notation must be made on the carrier envelope of any ballot that was rejected after the carrier envelope was opened and include the reason the envelope was opened and the ballot was rejected.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 8(c), eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.17;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Elec COde § 87.0431 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter C. Accepting Early Voting Ballot Voted by Mail|Section 87.0431. Notice of Rejected Ballot

Sec. 87.0431.  NOTICE OF REJECTED BALLOT.  (a)  Not later than the 10th day after election day, the presiding judge of the early voting ballot board shall deliver written notice of the reason for the rejection of a ballot to the voter at the residence address on the ballot application.  If the ballot was transmitted to the voter by e-mail under Subchapter C, Chapter 101, the presiding judge shall also provide the notice to the e-mail address to which the ballot was sent.(b)  The early voting clerk shall, not later than the 30th day after election day, deliver notice to the attorney general, including certified copies of the carrier envelope and corresponding ballot application, of any ballot rejected because:(1)  the voter was deceased;(2)  the voter already voted in person in the same election;(3)  the signatures on the carrier envelope and ballot application were not executed by the same person;(4)  the carrier envelope certificate lacked a witness signature;(5)  the carrier envelope certificate was improperly executed by an assistant; or(6)  the early voting ballot board or the signature verification committee determined that another violation of the Election Code occurred.(c)  The attorney general shall prescribe the form and manner of submission under Subsection (b).  The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the requirements prescribed under this subsection.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 1.26, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2017, 85th Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 5), Sec. 16, eff. December 1, 2017.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 5.15, eff. December 2, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 87.044 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter C. Accepting Early Voting Ballot Voted by Mail|Section 87.044. Disposition of Application

Sec. 87.044.  DISPOSITION OF APPLICATION.  (a)  The early voting ballot board shall place each application for a ballot voted by mail in its corresponding jacket envelope.  For a ballot voted under Chapter 101 or 105, the board shall also place the copy of the voter's federal postcard application or signature cover sheet in the same location as the carrier envelope.  If the voter's ballot was accepted, the board shall also place the carrier envelope in the jacket envelope.  However, if the jacket envelope is to be used in a subsequent election, the carrier envelope shall be retained elsewhere.(b)  A board member shall deliver the jacket envelope, carrier envelope, and application in a container other than that used for the voted ballots to the general custodian of election records, to be retained for the period for preserving the precinct election records.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 8(d), eff. Sept. 1, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.17;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Elec COde § 87.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter D. Processing Manually Counted Ballots|Section 87.061. Authority Responsible for Counting Ballots

Sec. 87.061.  AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR COUNTING BALLOTS.  The early voting ballot board shall count the early voting ballots that are to be counted manually.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.18;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Elec COde § 87.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter D. Processing Manually Counted Ballots|Section 87.062. Counting Ballots and Preparing Returns

Sec. 87.062.  COUNTING BALLOTS AND PREPARING RETURNS.  (a)  On the direction of the presiding judge, the early voting ballot board, in accordance with Section 85.032(b), shall open the containers for the early voting ballots that are to be counted by the board, remove the contents from each container, and remove any ballots enclosed in ballot envelopes from their envelopes.(b)  The board shall count the ballots and prepare the returns in accordance with the procedure applicable to paper ballots cast at a precinct polling place.(c)  Ballots voted by mail shall be tabulated and stored separately from the ballots voted by personal appearance and shall be separately reported on the returns.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.18;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 5.16, eff. December 2, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 87.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter D. Processing Manually Counted Ballots|Section 87.063. Disposition of Ballots and Other Items

Sec. 87.063.  DISPOSITION OF BALLOTS AND OTHER ITEMS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the presiding judge of the early voting ballot board shall deliver the early voting ballots counted by the board, early voting election returns, other early voting election records, and ballot box keys, to the appropriate authorities in accordance with the procedures applicable to distribution of corresponding items from a precinct polling place using paper ballots.(b)  If part of the early voting ballots are counted by automatic tabulating equipment at a central counting station, instead of delivering a copy of the early voting election returns and other early voting election records to the canvassing authority and to the general custodian of election records, those records shall be delivered to the presiding judge of the central counting station.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.18;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Elec COde § 87.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter F. Processing Ballots Counted at Central Counting Station|Section 87.101. Delivery of Ballots to Counting Station

Sec. 87.101.   DELIVERY OF BALLOTS TO COUNTING STATION.  On the direction of the presiding judge, the early voting ballot board shall deliver to the central counting station the container for the early voting electronic system ballots that are to be counted by automatic tabulating equipment at a central counting station.  The board shall make the delivery without opening the container and in accordance with the procedure applicable to electronic system ballots cast at a precinct polling place.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.20;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1316, Sec. 28, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Elec COde § 87.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter F. Processing Ballots Counted at Central Counting Station|Section 87.102. Duplicating Paper Ballots for Automatic Counting

Sec. 87.102.  DUPLICATING PAPER BALLOTS FOR AUTOMATIC COUNTING.  (a)  The authority adopting an electronic voting system in which ballots are counted at a central counting station may direct by resolution, order, or other official action that the early voting regular paper ballots cast in an election be duplicated as electronic system ballots for automatic counting at the central counting station.(b)  Early voting ballots that are to be duplicated under this section shall be delivered to the central counting station as prescribed by Section 87.101 and shall be treated in the same manner as damaged electronic system ballots that are duplicated for automatic counting.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.20;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Elec COde § 87.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter F. Processing Ballots Counted at Central Counting Station|Section 87.103. Counting Ballots and Preparing Returns

Sec. 87.103.  COUNTING BALLOTS AND PREPARING RETURNS.  (a)  The early voting electronic system ballots counted at a central counting station, the ballots cast at precinct polling places, and the ballots voted by mail shall be tabulated separately and shall be separately reported on the returns.(b)  The early voting returns prepared at the central counting station must include any early voting results obtained by the early voting ballot board under Subchapter D.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.20;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 5.17, eff. December 2, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 87.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter F. Processing Ballots Counted at Central Counting Station|Section 87.104. Disposition of Early Voting Ballot Board Returns and Other Records

Sec. 87.104.  DISPOSITION OF EARLY VOTING BALLOT BOARD RETURNS AND OTHER RECORDS.  Early voting returns or other early voting election records to be delivered to the central counting station under Section 87.063(b) or 87.084(b) shall be delivered to the appropriate authorities with the counting station records.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.20;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.|
TX Elec COde § 87.122 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter G. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 87.122. Precinct Early Voting List

Sec. 87.122.  PRECINCT EARLY VOTING LIST.  (a)  For each election precinct in the territory served by the early voting clerk, the clerk shall prepare a list containing the name, address, and voter registration number of each person registered in the precinct who votes an early voting ballot by personal appearance and to whom an early voting ballot to be voted by mail is sent.(b)  If an election precinct is situated in more than one county election precinct, the list must indicate each voter's county election precinct of residence.(c)  The clerk shall enter "early voting voter" beside the name of each person on the precinct list of registered voters whose name appears on the list of early voting voters and shall deliver the precinct list to the presiding judge of the election precinct not later than the day before election day.(d)  The clerk shall preserve a copy of each precinct early voting list prepared for the general election for state and county officers for two years after election day.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.21;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 560 (H.B. 2366), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Elec COde § 87.1221 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 7 - Early Voting|Subtitle A - Early Voting|Chapter 87 - Processing Early Voting Results|Subchapter G. Miscellaneous Provisions|Section 87.1221. Disposition of Ballot Transmittal Form

Sec. 87.1221.  DISPOSITION OF BALLOT TRANSMITTAL FORM.  (a)  The presiding judge of the early voting ballot board shall enter on the ballot transmittal form the following information:(1)  the number of personal appearance ballots received;(2)  the number of mail ballots received;(3)  the number of mail ballots accepted;(4)  the number of mail ballots rejected;  and(5)  the number of ballots counted or delivered to the central counting station, as applicable.(b)  A board member shall deliver the transmittal form to the general custodian of election records to be preserved for the period for preserving the precinct election records.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 1.29.|