Texas Property Code 209.00594 – Tabulation of and Access to Ballots
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other law, a person who is a candidate in a property owners’ association election or who is otherwise the subject of an association vote, or a person related to that person within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, may not tabulate or otherwise be given access to the ballots cast in that election or vote except as provided by this section.
(b) A person other than a person described by Subsection (a) may tabulate votes in an association election or vote.
Terms Used In Texas Property Code 209.00594
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(b-1) A person who tabulates votes under Subsection (b) or who performs a recount under § 209.0057(c) may not disclose to any other person how an individual voted.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other law, only a person who tabulates votes under Subsection (b) or who performs a recount under § 209.0057(c) may be given access to the ballots cast in the election or vote.
(d) This section may not be construed to affect a person’s obligation to comply with a court order for the release of ballots or other voting records.