Texas Statutes
§ 66.056 — UNOFFICIAL TABULATION OF PRECINCT RESULTS.
Texas § 66.056
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Tex. Election Code Code Ann. § 66.056 (2026).
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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 t
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Legislative History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
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§ 66.002
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POST ELECTION RECONCILIATION.§ 66.021
ASSEMBLING ELECTION RECORDS.§ 66.022
CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 1.§ 66.023
CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 2.§ 66.024
CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 3.§ 66.0241
CONTENTS OF ENVELOPE NO. 4.§ 66.025
CONTENTS OF BALLOT BOX NO. 3.§ 66.026
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