ELECTION CODE

CHAPTER 129. DIRECT RECORDING ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES


	§ 129.001.  CERTAIN DIRECT RECORDING ELECTRONIC VOTING 
MACHINE PROCEDURES.  (a)  As part of the testing of the direct 
recording electronic voting machine equipment before its use in a 
particular election, the general custodian of election records 
shall include a specific test of each machine's logic and accuracy 
functions to ensure that the machine properly records, counts, and 
tabulates the votes.
	(b)  Each direct recording electronic voting machine must 
provide the voter with a screen in summary format of the voter's 
choices for the voter to review before the vote is actually cast.
	(c)  During the early voting period, the early voting clerk 
shall conduct a daily audit of the direct recording electronic 
voting machines used in the election to ensure proper 
correspondence among the numbers of ballots provided on the 
machines, names on the poll list, and ballots cast on the machines.
	(d)  The general custodian of election records shall conduct 
a recount sufficient to confirm the accuracy of the vote totals in 
an election in which direct recording electronic voting machines 
are used for the first time.
	(e)  The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures 
necessary to implement this section and to ensure the orderly and 
proper administration of elections using direct recording 
electronic voting machines.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1054, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.