Tex. Election Code Section 214.050
Counting and Recording Write-in Votes


(a)

Write-in votes shall be counted in the manner prescribed by Section 214.002 (Counting Procedure). One write-in tally list shall be placed in the ballot box with the voted ballots, and one tally list shall be retained by the recount committee. A member of the committee shall enter the write-in results on the recount returns.

(b)

For a precinct in which a recount of write-in votes is excluded under Section 212.136 (Exclusion of Certain Votes from Recount in Precincts Using Voting System), a member of the recount committee shall enter on the recount returns the write-in votes as recorded on the original returns.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Source: Section 214.050 — Counting and Recording Write-in Votes, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.­214.­htm#214.­050 (accessed May 4, 2024).

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

§ 214.050’s source at texas​.gov