{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-214.050","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 214.050","heading":"COUNTING AND RECORDING WRITE-IN VOTES.","body":"(a) Write-in votes shall be counted in the manner prescribed by Section 214.002. One write-in tally list shall be placed in the ballot box with the voted ballots, and one tally list shall be retained by the recount committee. A member of the committee shall enter the write-in results on the recount returns.\n(b) For a precinct in which a recount of write-in votes is excluded under Section 212.136, a member of the recount committee shall enter on the recount returns the write-in votes as recorded on the original returns.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 13. RECOUNTS","CHAPTER 214. COUNTING PROCEDURES","SUBCHAPTER C. BALLOTS COUNTED BY AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.214.htm#214.050","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"2c47eeaa43ff27f55edab7719d2c69c834f2b0d6d1591bfcf34c8503b18aee28","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-214.049","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-214.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}