Sec. 67.017. REPORTING PRECINCT RESULTS TO SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) After each election for a statewide office or the office of United States representative, state senator, or state representative, a district office, a county office, or a precinct office, the county clerk shall prepare a report of the number of votes, including early voting votes cast by mail and early voting votes cast by personal appearance, received in each county election precinct for each candidate for each of those offices. In a presidential election year, the report must include the number of votes received in each precinct for each set of candidates for president and vice-president of the United States.
(b) The county clerk shall deliver the report to the secretary of state not later than the 30th day after election day in an electronic format prescribed by the secretary of state.
(c) The report may be:
(1) an electronic copy of the precinct returns;
(2) an electronic copy of the tabulation prepared by the local canvassing authority; or
(3) in any other electronic form approved by the secretary of state.
(d) The secretary of state shall preserve a report received under this section for 10 years unless the secretary prepares a written tabulation of the information contained in the report received. In that case, the secretary shall preserve the original report for two years and the tabulation for 10 years after receipt of the original report.
(e) After the applicable preservation period prescribed by Subsection (d) expires, the secretary of state shall transfer the report or tabulation to the state library.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 54, Sec. 2(c), eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 114, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.52; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1107 (H.B. 2309), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
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