{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-1.017","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 1.017","heading":"INELIGIBILITY NO DEFENSE TO PROSECUTION.","body":"It is no defense to prosecution under this code that a person who receives an official ballot is ineligible to vote in the election for which the ballot is received.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 1. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.1.htm#1.017","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"74675fe2ab7c50973d71ed889b74408477a78415bba827378b8f7d507998b8a0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-1.016","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-1.018"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}