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Tex. Elec. Code § 128.001 (2026)

Computerized Voting System Standards

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Sec. 128.001. COMPUTERIZED VOTING SYSTEM STANDARDS. (a) The secretary of state shall prescribe procedures to allow for the use of a computerized voting system. The procedures must provide for the use of a computerized voting system with:

(1) multiple voting terminals for the input of vote selections on the ballot presented by a main computer; and

(2) a main computer to coordinate ballot presentation, vote selection, ballot image storage, and result tabulation.

(b) Notwithstanding Chapter 66, a system under this section may allow for the storage of processed ballot materials in an electronic form on the main computer.

(c) The secretary of state may modify existing procedures as necessary to allow the use of a system authorized by this chapter.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2015–2019 · leading case: Laura Pressley v. Gregorio (Greg) Casar, 567 S.W.3d 327 (Tex. 2019).
Laura Pressley v. Gregorio (Greg) Casar, 567 S.W.3d 327 (Tex. 2019). “TEX. ELEC. CODE § 128.001(a)(2). She also asserted that election officials committed criminal violation by preventing poll watchers from observing the retrieval, sorting, and copying of CVRs, and that the election results were unknowable because of voter disenfranchisement from…”
Laura Pressley v. Gregorio \Greg\" Casar" (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 5× “45, 47 Texas Election Code § 128.001 ...........”
David Rogers v. Gregorio (Greg) Casar (Tex. 2019). “TEX. ELEC. CODE § 128.001(a)(2). She also asserted that election officials committed criminal violation by preventing poll watchers from observing the retrieval, sorting, and copying of CVRs, and that the election results were unknowable because of voter disenfranchisement from…”
David Rogers v. Gregorio \Greg\" Casar" (Tex. App. 2015). “64 Texas Election Code § 128.001 65 See Declaration of expert witness Jeffrey Jacobson, Ph.”
— Tex. Elec. Code § 128.001(a)(2) — 2 cases
Laura Pressley v. Gregorio (Greg) Casar, 567 S.W.3d 327 (Tex. 2019). “TEX. ELEC. CODE § 128.001(a)(2). She also asserted that election officials committed criminal violation by preventing poll watchers from observing the retrieval, sorting, and copying of CVRs, and that the election results were unknowable because of voter disenfranchisement from…”
David Rogers v. Gregorio (Greg) Casar (Tex. 2019). “TEX. ELEC. CODE § 128.001(a)(2). She also asserted that election officials committed criminal violation by preventing poll watchers from observing the retrieval, sorting, and copying of CVRs, and that the election results were unknowable because of voter disenfranchisement from…”
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