Texas Election Code 127.1232 – Security of Voted Ballots
Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates
|
Other versions
(a) The general custodian of election records shall post a licensed peace officer to ensure the security of ballot boxes containing voted ballots throughout the period of tabulation at the central counting station.
(b) The general custodian of election records in a county with a population of 100,000 or more shall implement a video surveillance system that retains a record of all areas containing voted ballots:
(1) from the time the voted ballots are delivered to the central counting station until the canvass of precinct election returns; and
(2) from the time the voted ballots are delivered to the signature verification committee or early voting ballot board until the canvass of precinct election returns.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 127.1232
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Signature: includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) A video from a system implemented under Subsection (b) shall be made available to the public by a livestream.
(d) The video recorded is an election record under § 1.012 and shall be retained by the general custodian of election records until the end of the calendar year in which an election is held or until an election contest filed in the county has been resolved, whichever is later.