Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Third Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 5 Page: 4,579
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HOUSE JOURNAL
SECTION 20. Section 66.026, Election Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 66.026. CONTENTS OF BALLOT BOX NO.4. Ballot box no. 4
must contain:
(1) the original of the ballot register;
(2) the register of spoiled ballots;
(3) any spoiled ballots;
(4) any defectively printed ballots; [and]
(5) any envelope containing cancellation requests and canceled ballots;
and
L) [(5)] any other unused ballots.
SECTION 21. Section 66.051(d), Election Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(d) The presiding judge shall deliver envelope no. 4 in person to the voter
registrar. If the voter registrar is unavailable, the envelope shall be delivered
to the general custodian of election records, who shall deliver it to the voter
registrar on the next regular business day.
SECTION 22. Section 67.003, Election Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 67.003. TIME FOR LOCAL CANVASS. [(a)] Each local canvassing
authority shall convene to conduct the local canvass not earlier than the second
day or later than the sixth day after election day at the time set by the
canvassing authority's presiding officer.
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SECTION 23. Section 67.004(a), Election Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(a) At the time set for convening the canvassing authority for the local
canvass, the presiding officer of the canvassing authority shall deliver the sealed
precinct returns to the authority. The authority shall open the returns for each
precinct and canvass them as provided by this section. Two members of the
authority constitute a quorum for purposes of canvassing an election.
SECTION 24. Section 67.011(b), Election Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(b) If a county's election returns are incomplete or missing, the legislature
may substitute the secretary of state's tabulation for that county or may obtain
the necessary information from the county. On request of the legislature, the
secretary of state or the county shall promptly transmit the information to the
legislature by the most expeditious means available.
L On completion of the canvass, the speaker of the house of
representatives shall deliver the county returns to the secretary of state, who
shall retain them for the period for preserving the precinct election records.
SECTION 25. Section 67.012, Election Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 67.012. TIME FOR CANVASS BY GOVERNOR. (L) The governor
shall conduct the state canvass not earlier than the 15th or later than the 30th
day after election day at the time set by the secretary of state.
(b) The secretary of state shall post, on the bulletin board used for postingMay 28, 1993
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Third Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 5, legislative document, 1993; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145979/m1/55/?q=%22Government+and+Law+-+Elected+Officials%22: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.