Tex. Elec. Code § 127.063 · Subchapter C. SEALED BALLOT BOXES
DESIGN OF BALLOT BOX.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A sealed ballot box used under this subchapter must be equipped with a lock to prevent opening the box without a key and designed and constructed so that:
(1) the ballots can be deposited and delivered without damage that will render them unfit for processing in automatic tabulating equipment;
(2) the box can be sealed to detect any unauthorized opening of the box; and
(3) the slot used by voters to deposit ballots can be sealed to prevent any unauthorized deposit in the box.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.127.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 0a3c3c23dc0e991bfc8e18b09fc74c8ca07f7dc9a9e7d0a919fcfb7517883de2
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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