Texas § EL.127.127 - OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND HANDLING BALLOTS RESTRICTED
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§ EL.127.127. OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND HANDLING BALLOTS RESTRICTED
OPERATING EQUIPMENT AND HANDLING BALLOTS RESTRICTED. A person other than the tabulation supervisor and the assistants to the tabulation supervisor may not operate the automatic tabulating equipment or handle the ballots that are automatically counted from the time the ballots are delivered to the tabulation supervisor for counting until the automatic counting is completed. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
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