{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-65.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 65.053","heading":"DELIVERY OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS.","body":"The presiding judge of an election precinct shall deliver in person to the general custodian of election records the box containing each envelope containing a provisional ballot that was cast in the precinct. The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures by which the early voting ballot board may have access to the provisional ballots as necessary to implement this subchapter.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 35, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 65. COUNTING VOTES AND PREPARING RETURNS","SUBCHAPTER B. VERIFICATION AND COUNTING OF PROVISIONAL BALLOTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.65.htm#65.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"aaf53ab94d944669a9f22c121d8fcf1d2cccac8486f25a21530dcb8c85dbf664","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-65.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-65.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}