{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-214.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 214.002","heading":"COUNTING PROCEDURE.","body":"(a) One member of a counting team shall read the ballots, and the other two members shall tally the votes as the ballots are read.\n(b) The count shall be made, and the correctness of the tally lists shall be certified, in the same manner as an original count of regular paper ballots, except that only two tally lists are prepared.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 76, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1107 (H.B. 2309), Sec. 2.16, eff. January 1, 2006.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 13. RECOUNTS","CHAPTER 214. COUNTING PROCEDURES","SUBCHAPTER A. MANUALLY COUNTED BALLOTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.214.htm#214.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"4df73af1c6ad3c435b5be422e177ae61d2cb3ade1992db8dd63c66f3de92cdd8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-214.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-214.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}