1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.102 – Primary Funds Defined (a) Pursuant to § RSA 173.031 and § RSA 173.032 of the Texas Election Code, a primary fund is created for each executive committee of a political party holding a primary election. The primary fund consists of: (1) all filing fees accompanying an application for…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.101 – Primary and Runoff Election Cost Reporting; Receipt of State Funds (a) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.(1) SOS–Office of the Secretary of State. (2) Primary–An election held by a political party under…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.71 – Substantially Similar Name Standards and Identity Verification (a) When a voter offers to vote at a polling place using a form of identification described by § RSA 63.0101 of the Texas Election Code (“presented ID document”) and the voter’s name on the presented ID document does not match…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.70 – Approval of Voting Booths by Secretary of State (a) The secretary of state has determined that a voting booth designed to be placed on a table top that meets or exceeds the following specifications may be used without individual approval by the secretary of state.(1) The booth must…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.65 – Procedure for Administrative Certification of Minor Modifications to Previously-Certified Voting Systems (a) A voting system vendor who wishes to request administrative certification of minor modifications to a previously certified voting system shall submit the request to the Secretary of State in writing. The request also may be submitted…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.64 – Notice of Voting System Malfunction Required; Submission of Explanatory Report by Vendor Required Upon Request of Secretary of State (a) A vendor (or the political subdivision, if no private vendor supports their system) must give notice to the Secretary of State within 24 hours of a malfunction of…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.62 – Audit Logs for an Election Management System’s Central Accumulator (a) For any Election Management System’s central accumulator to be certified for use in Texas elections, the central accumulator shall include a real-time audit log. All significant election events and their date and time stamps shall be maintained in…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.61 – Condition for Approval of Electronic Voting Systems For any voting machine, voting device, voting tabulation device and any software used for each, including the programs and procedures for vote tabulation and testing, or any modification to any of the above, to be certified for use in Texas elections,…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.60 – Voting System Certification Procedures In addition to the procedures prescribed by the Texas Election Code, Chapter 122, compliance with the following procedures is required for certification of a voting system. (1) Application for Certification. (2) The entity applying for certification must deliver seven copies of their completed application…

1 Texas Administrative Code § 81.58 – Use of Electronic Signature Capture Device for Signature Roster (a) Pursuant to § RSA 63.002(d), Election Code, a voter’s signature may be captured by an electronic device for the signature roster. (b) An “Electronic Signature” is defined as a digitized image of a handwritten signature. An “Electronic Signature…