Texas § EL.172.115 - DISPOSITION OF LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS
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§ EL.172.115. DISPOSITION OF LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS
DISPOSITION OF LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the voter registrar shall preserve each precinct list of registered voters that is used for a primary election for 22 months. (b) The registrar shall return each list that is to be used in a subsequent primary election to the authority responsible for distributing the election supplies not earlier than the fourth day before the date it is needed for the subsequent primary. (c) The presiding judge shall retain and provide at the appropriate time the list of registered voters to be used in the party's conventions if the list was produced under Section 172.1141 . Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 12(b), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 501, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735 ), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640 ), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2019.
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