Tex. Election Code § 61.011
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 61.011, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 61.011. REMOVING WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOUND IN POLLING PLACE.
Official statutory text
(a) An election officer shall periodically check each voting station and other areas of the polling place for sample ballots or other written communications used by voters that were left or discarded in the polling place.
(b) An election officer shall remove from the sight of the voters any written communication found under Subsection (a).
(b) An election officer shall remove from the sight of the voters any written communication found under Subsection (a).
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