Texas § EL.51.033 - NUMBER AND USE OF BALLOT BOXES
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§ EL.51.033. NUMBER AND USE OF BALLOT BOXES
NUMBER AND USE OF BALLOT BOXES. (a) Four ballot boxes shall be used at each polling place in an election and shall be marked as follows: (1) "Ballot Box No. 1 for Election Precinct No. ________"; (2) "Ballot Box No. 2 for Election Precinct No. ________"; (3) "Ballot Box No. 3 for Election Precinct No. ________"; and (4) "Ballot Box No. 4 for Election Precinct No. ________". (b) If an election precinct is designated by name instead of number, the name of the precinct shall be marked on the box. (c) Ballot boxes no. 1 and no. 2 are used for the deposit of voters' marked ballots. (d) Ballot box no. 3 is used for delivering the voted ballots to their custodian after they are counted and for storing the voted ballots during the preservation period. (e) Ballot box no. 4 is used for delivering defectively printed, spoiled, and unused ballots to their custodian after the election. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
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