Sec. 87.023.  TIME OF DELIVERY:  AUTOMATICALLY COUNTED BALLOTS.  (a)  In an election in which early voting ballots are to be counted by automatic tabulating equipment at a central counting station, the ballots voted by mail to be automatically counted may be delivered to the board between the end of the period for early voting by personal appearance and the closing of the polls on election day, or as soon after closing as practicable, at intervals specified by the presiding judge of the board.
(b)  The early voting clerk shall post notice of each delivery of ballots under this section that is to be made before the time for opening the polls on election day.  The notice shall be posted at the main early voting polling place continuously for at least 24 hours immediately preceding the delivery.
(c)  At least 24 hours before the first delivery of ballots covered by Subsection (b), the early voting clerk shall notify the county chair of each political party having a nominee on the ballot of the time the first delivery is to be made.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.15;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 79, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by: 
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2011.