Texas Statutes
§ 127.132 — DISPOSITION OF BALLOTS, RETURNS, AND OTHER RECORDS.
Texas § 127.132
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Bluebook
Tex. Election Code Code Ann. § 127.132 (2026).
Text
Sec. 127.132. DISPOSITION OF BALLOTS, RETURNS, AND OTHER RECORDS.
(a)The presiding judge of a central counting station shall distribute the voted ballots, election returns, and other election records from the counting station to the appropriate authorities.
(b)The voted ballots, election returns, poll list, tally lists for manually counted votes, and other election records shall be delivered to the authorities who receive the corresponding records from precinct polling places using regular paper ballots.
(c)The election records delivered to the general custodian of election records may be delivered in any container approved by the secretary of state for that purpose.
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Legislative History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Nearby Sections
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§ 127.002
COUNTING STATION MANAGER.§ 127.003
TABULATION SUPERVISOR.§ 127.004
ASSISTANTS TO TABULATION SUPERVISOR.§ 127.005
PRESIDING JUDGE OF COUNTING STATION.§ 127.006
COUNTING STATION CLERKS.§ 127.007
PLAN FOR COUNTING STATION OPERATION.§ 127.008
BYSTANDERS EXCLUDED.§ 127.010
TRAINING.§ 127.061
SEALED BALLOT BOXES REQUIRED.§ 127.063
DESIGN OF BALLOT BOX.§ 127.064
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Bluebook (online)
Texas § 127.132, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/EL/127.132.