Texas § EL.66.059 - RETRIEVING ERRONEOUSLY PLACED ELECTION RECORDS
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§ EL.66.059. RETRIEVING ERRONEOUSLY PLACED ELECTION RECORDS
RETRIEVING ERRONEOUSLY PLACED ELECTION RECORDS. (a) On written application by the presiding officer of the local canvassing authority or the presiding judge of the election precinct, a district judge of the county in which a ballot box containing voted ballots is in custody may order the box opened to retrieve an election record that was erroneously placed in the box. (b) If the political subdivision holding the election is not a county or is a county that does not maintain an Internet website, the district judge shall post a notice of the date, hour, and place for opening the box on the bulletin board used for posting notices of the meetings of the governing body of the political subdivision served by the general custodian of election records. The notice must remain posted continuously for the 24 hours immediately preceding the hour set for opening the box. (b-1) If the political subdivision holding the election is a county that maintains an Internet website, the district judge shall post a notice of the date, hour, and place for opening the box on the county's Internet website. The notice must remain posted continuously for the 24 hours preceding the hour set for opening the box. (c) Any interested person may observe the opening of the box. (d) The district judge shall issue the orders necessary to safeguard the contents of a ballot box opened under this section. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1078, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 41, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1052 (H.B. 933 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2019.
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Section EL.66.059 ("RETRIEVING ERRONEOUSLY PLACED ELECTION RECORDS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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