Texas § EL.276.010 - UNLAWFUL BUYING AND SELLING OF BALLOTING MATERIALS

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§ EL.276.010. UNLAWFUL BUYING AND SELLING OF BALLOTING MATERIALS

UNLAWFUL BUYING AND SELLING OF BALLOTING MATERIALS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person buys, offers to buy, sells, or offers to sell an official ballot, official ballot envelope, official carrier envelope, signed application for an early voting mail ballot, or any other original election record. (b) This section does not apply to a person who executes a written contract for the procurement of election supplies necessary to conduct an election under Section 51.003 . (c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony unless a voter sells a ballot, ballot envelope, or carrier envelope that has been provided to the voter by government, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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