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Texas Election Code, Chapter 67 (Canvassing Election Returns)

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MISLEADINGCited 2 times on this site
What the Command says this provesChapter 67 vests the state canvass in the Governor. A power to certify necessarily includes the power to decline.
What it actually isChapter 67 assigns canvassing duties. It does not give the governor a veto over results.

The record

Chapter 67 sets out who canvasses election returns and when. For elections ordered by the governor or a county, the commissioners court conducts the local canvass (Sec. 67.002), generally between the third and eleventh day after election day (Sec. 67.003).

The governor conducts the state canvass for statewide offices other than governor and lieutenant governor, statewide measures, district offices, and president and vice-president (Sec. 67.010), not earlier than the 15th or later than the 30th day after election day (Sec. 67.012).

Returns for governor and lieutenant governor are not canvassed by the governor at all. They are canvassed by the Legislature, and the official result is declared by the Speaker of the House (Sec. 67.011).

The chapter describes these duties with the word "shall." It contains no provision authorizing the governor to decline to certify a result he dislikes. Disputes over results are handled through election contests under Title 14 of the Election Code, which are decided by courts or, for certain offices, by the Legislature.

The site's 'Certification Doctrine' takes a real procedural role (the governor signs off on a canvass) and inflates it into sovereign authority. That is the parody.

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Claims attributed to this source (2)

  • PM-050“Chapter 67 vests the state canvass in the Governor. A power to certify necessarily includes the power to decline.”Chapter 67 assigns canvassing duties using the word 'shall.' It contains no refusal power, and the governor does not canvass the governor's own race (Source [12]).MISLEADINGAppears on: /evidence/certification· Disclosed in Source Archive
  • PM-077“The Governor must not certify any election result that we disagree with.”The Election Code says the governor shall certify the state canvass. Disagreeing with a result is not a legal basis to refuse (Source [12]).MISLEADINGAppears on: /travel· Disclosed in Source Archive

Creator note

Post-election authority built out of rhetoric. The statute is real, short, and readable; the Command did not read it.

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