Title EL, Election Code

Sec. 125.005. MAINTAINING SECURITY OF EQUIPMENT DURING VOTING. (a) The presiding judge shall periodically have an election officer inspect the voting system equipment for tampering and damage while voting is in progress. (b) If any tampering or damage is discovered, the inspectin…

Sec. 125.006. MALFUNCTION OF EQUIPMENT AT POLLING PLACE. (a) The presiding judge shall stop use of malfunctioning voting system equipment installed at a polling place immediately after discovering that the equipment is not functioning properly. (b) The presiding judge shall have …

Sec. 125.007. ASSISTING VOTER. If a voter who is voting with a voting machine is physically unable to operate the machine, the voter is entitled to assistance under the applicable provisions for assisting voters using regular paper ballots. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, …

Sec. 125.008. DEPOSITING THE BALLOT. A voter shall deposit the marked voting system ballot in the ballot box in accordance with the instructions provided at the polling place. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 125.009. TRAINING POLLING PLACE PERSONNEL. The authority adopting a voting system shall provide the election officers serving the polling places at which the voting system is used with the instruction and training necessary for the proper operation of the voting system. Acts…

Sec. 125.010. PRESENCE OF VOTING SYSTEM TECHNICIAN AUTHORIZED. (a) In this section, "voting system technician" means a person who as a vocation repairs, assembles, maintains, or operates voting system equipment. (b) On the request of the authority holding the election, a voting s…

Sec. 125.061. INSPECTING EQUIPMENT AT POLLING PLACE. (a) Before opening a polling place for voting on election day, the presiding judge shall inspect any electronic voting system equipment installed at the polling place to determine whether it is installed and functioning properl…

Sec. 125.0611. PROVIDING SEPARATE BALLOT PART FOR WRITE-IN VOTING. (a) If an electronic system ballot includes a separate write-in part under Section 124.064, that part shall be provided with the electronic system ballot. (b) A voter may not be required to request the separate wr…

Sec. 125.062. ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE TO ROTATING BALLOT BOXES. The secretary of state may prescribe an alternative procedure to that of using two ballot boxes on a rotating basis at a polling place using an electronic voting system if the secretary determines that an alternative p…

Sec. 125.063. SECURING EQUIPMENT ON CLOSE OF VOTING. On the close of voting at each polling place at which electronic voting system equipment is used, an election officer shall secure or inactivate the equipment as prescribed by the secretary of state so that its unauthorized ope…

Sec. 125.0635. POLLING PLACE REPORT FOR VOTING FOR CERTAIN ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS. (a) This section only applies to a polling place that requires a voter's ballot to be scanned at the polling place with an optical scanner. (b) Immediately after closing the polling place at the…

Sec. 125.064. RECORDS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. Any documents or records used in the preparation of or prepared for use in an electronic voting system for the operation of the system for a particular election and any documents or records generated by the system in that ele…