Texas § EL.61.011 - REMOVING WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOUND IN POLLING PLACE
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§ EL.61.011. REMOVING WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOUND IN POLLING PLACE
REMOVING WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOUND IN POLLING PLACE. (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). Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 112, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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Section EL.61.011 ("REMOVING WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOUND IN POLLING PLACE") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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