Tex. Election Code § 52.006
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 52.006, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 52.006. CORRECTING BALLOT.
Official statutory 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.
(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.
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