{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-68.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 68.005","heading":"FINAL REPORTS OF TABULATION.","body":"(a) After completion of the tabulation, the secretary of state shall publish a final report covering the races being tabulated.\n(b) The final report may include:\n(1) the information described by Section 68.004(b);\n(2) vote totals by county for all races being tabulated; and\n(3) vote totals for federal offices and statewide offices of the state government in a minimum of eight regions designated by the secretary on the basis of the geographic scope of the electronic media markets.\n(c) The secretary shall distribute a copy of the final report on publication to the participating news media, governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the elections advisory committee. A copy of the report shall also be furnished to other persons on payment of a reasonable fee prescribed by the secretary to defray the costs of preparing and furnishing the copy.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 68. TABULATION OF UNOFFICIAL RESULTS OF CERTAIN RACES BY SECRETARY OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER A. CONDUCT OF TABULATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.68.htm#68.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"e396ced219a7fb0d060bdc0dca192e3ce9be9f698cc4a7ba2e70ce1ef748d356","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-68.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-68.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}