Tex. Election Code § 52.061
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 52.061, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 52.061. PRINTING ON BALLOT.
Official statutory text
(a) The ballot shall be printed in black ink on white or light-colored paper, but the ballot may not be the same color as sample ballots.
(b) The type on the ballot may vary in size and style for the office titles, column headings, names of candidates, proposition headings, and propositions, but the type for each particular category must be uniform.
(b) The type on the ballot may vary in size and style for the office titles, column headings, names of candidates, proposition headings, and propositions, but the type for each particular category must be uniform.
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