{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 221.008","heading":"EXAMINATION OF SECURED BALLOTS AND EQUIPMENT.","body":"A tribunal hearing an election contest may cause secured ballot boxes, voting machines, or other equipment used in the election to be unsecured to determine the correct vote count or any other fact that the tribunal considers pertinent to a fair and just disposition of the contest.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1078, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1107 (H.B. 2309), Sec. 2.17, eff. January 1, 2006.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 14. ELECTION CONTESTS","SUBTITLE A. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.221.htm#221.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"6c09400d2a82a19052e69644c6330e864384dce3ecaf2b51d2c0fc6badb799e8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}