Texas Election Code 65.055 – Disposition of Accepted Provisional Ballot and Affidavit
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(a) The early voting ballot board shall open each envelope containing an accepted provisional ballot without defacing the affidavit located on the outside of the envelope and shall remove the ballot.
(b) The board shall place the ballot in a ballot box containing all the provisional ballots accepted for voting in the election.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 65.055
- Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
- Affidavit: means a statement in writing of a fact or facts signed by the party making it, sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths, and officially certified to by the officer under his seal of office. See Texas Government Code 312.011
(c) For each accepted provisional ballot, the board shall place the corresponding envelope on which is printed the voter’s affidavit executed under § 63.011 in a sealed envelope and shall deliver the envelope to the general custodian of election records, to be retained for the period for preserving precinct election returns.