{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-124.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 124.005","heading":"SPECIMEN BALLOT.","body":"(a) The secretary of state may prescribe standards regarding the form, content, preparation, availability, and use of specimen ballots in elections using voting systems. The standards are not required to be consistent with those prescribed by this code for elections using regular paper ballots.\n(b) The secretary of state may provide, with respect to elections in which voting systems are used:\n(1) alternatives to the use of specimen ballots; or\n(2) that specimen ballots are not required.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 8. VOTING SYSTEMS","CHAPTER 124. VOTING SYSTEM BALLOT","SUBCHAPTER A. VOTING SYSTEM BALLOT GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.124.htm#124.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"24030cea141a2f7a6d724a2e4854c345bf16930f768ee4a653ae354d0bab9e5a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-124.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-124.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}