Tex. Election Code § 127.132
DISPOSITION OF BALLOTS, RETURNS, AND OTHER RECORDS
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- Tex. Election Code § 127.132, DISPOSITION OF BALLOTS, RETURNS, AND OTHER RECORDS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/640965
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(a) The presiding judge of a central counting station shall distribute the voted ballots, election returns, and other election records from the counting station to the appropriate authorities.
(b) The voted ballots, election returns, poll list, tally lists for manually counted votes, and other election records shall be delivered to the authorities who receive the corresponding records from precinct polling places using regular paper ballots.
(c) The election records delivered to the general custodian of election records may be delivered in any container approved by the secretary of state for that purpose.