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Texas Statutes § 87.0241 Processing Ballots Before Polls Open

⤴ Up to Subchapter B: Delivering Materials To Board

Statute Text

(a) The early voting ballot board shall make its determination [may determine] whether to accept early voting ballots voted by mail in accordance with Section 87.041 [at any time] after the ballots are delivered to the board.
(b) The board may not count early voting ballots until:
(1) the polls open on election day; or
(2) in an election conducted by an authority of a county with a population of 100,000 or more, or conducted jointly with such a county or conducted with such a county through a contract for election services, the end of the period for early voting by personal appearance.
(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures necessary for implementing this section [in regard to elections described by Subsection (b)(2)] .

History

Amended by Acts 2023 , Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session , ch. 1167 , Sec. 7 , eff. 9/1/2023 .

Amended by Acts 2021 , Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session , ch. 711 , Sec. 63 , eff. 9/1/2021 .

Amended by Acts 2003 , 78th Leg., ch. 1316 , Sec. 25 , eff. 9/1/2003 .

Amended by Acts 1997 , 75th Leg., ch. 1349 , Sec. 39 , eff. 9/1/1997

Added by Acts 1991 , 72nd Leg., ch. 203 , Sec. 1.23.

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