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Election Advisory No. 2021-15

To: County Election Officials and County Chairs
From: Keith Ingram, Director of Elections
 Keith Ingram's signature
Date: November 2, 2021

RE:

Partial Manual Count after the November 2, 2021 Elections   

Under Section 127.201(a) of the Texas Election Code (the “Code”), the general custodian of election records in an election in which an electronic voting system is used is required to conduct a manual count in one percent of the election precincts or in three election precincts, whichever is greater. Detailed instructions will be provided directly to county election officers.

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