Texas Statutes § 52.006 Correcting Ballot
Statute Text
(a)
To make a necessary correction on the ballot, the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared may:
(1)
prepare new ballots;
(2)
line out or otherwise obscure the language being corrected and enter in printed form the correct language next to the language being corrected, if necessary; or
(3)
prepare printed or blank correction stickers to be affixed to the ballots.
(b)
A correction sticker used under this section must be printed in the same type style and on the same color of paper as the ballot.
(c)
A correction sticker may be affixed to a ballot only by the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared or by an election officer serving a polling place.
(d)
A vote may not be counted for a name appearing on a correction sticker unless the sticker is prepared and affixed to the ballot as provided by this section.
History
Acts 1985 , 69th Leg., ch. 211 , Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1986 .
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