Tex. Elec. Code § 65.011 · Subchapter A. COUNTING VOTES GENERALLY

OVERVOTING.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

If a voter marks the ballot for more candidates for an office than the number of persons to be elected for that office, none of the votes may be counted for that office.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 404 (H.B. 25), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2020.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.65.htm
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