Tex. Elec. Code § 52.008 · Subchapter A. PREPARING THE BALLOT
SAMPLE BALLOT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The authority responsible for procuring the election supplies shall have a supply of sample ballots printed.
(b) A sample ballot may be printed only on yellow paper. "SAMPLE BALLOT" shall be printed in large letters at the top of each sample ballot.
(c) Sample ballots shall be distributed for use in the election as directed by the authority responsible for procuring the election supplies.
(d) A sample ballot may not be cast or counted in an election.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 17, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.52.htm
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- 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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