{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-87.126","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 87.126","heading":"ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF BALLOT MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS.","body":"(a) The early voting clerk may electronically record applications for a ballot to be voted by mail, jacket envelopes, carrier envelopes, and ballots.\n(a-1) Electronic records made under this section shall record both sides of any application, envelope, or ballot recorded, and all such records shall be provided to the early voting ballot board, the signature verification committee, or both.\n(b) The secretary of state may adopt rules providing requirements for the electronic image quality and storage of the electronic images of the documents described by Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2011.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 5.18, eff. December 2, 2021.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 7. EARLY VOTING","SUBTITLE A. EARLY VOTING","CHAPTER 87. PROCESSING EARLY VOTING RESULTS","SUBCHAPTER G. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.87.htm#87.126","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"e8dc2f27534c281d5ee5e81b5356499ebba8ce079db1d7a919f7a617df8bdd60","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-87.125","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-87.127"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}