Texas § EL.214.050 - COUNTING AND RECORDING WRITE-IN VOTES
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§ EL.214.050. COUNTING AND RECORDING WRITE-IN VOTES
COUNTING AND RECORDING WRITE-IN VOTES. (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. (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. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
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