{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-51.033","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 51.033","heading":"NUMBER AND USE OF BALLOT BOXES.","body":"(a) Four ballot boxes shall be used at each polling place in an election and shall be marked as follows:\n(1) \"Ballot Box No. 1 for Election Precinct No. ________\";\n(2) \"Ballot Box No. 2 for Election Precinct No. ________\";\n(3) \"Ballot Box No. 3 for Election Precinct No. ________\"; and\n(4) \"Ballot Box No. 4 for Election Precinct No. ________\".\n(b) If an election precinct is designated by name instead of number, the name of the precinct shall be marked on the box.\n(c) Ballot boxes no. 1 and no. 2 are used for the deposit of voters' marked ballots.\n(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.\n(e) Ballot box no. 4 is used for delivering defectively printed, spoiled, and unused ballots to their custodian after the election.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 5. ELECTION SUPPLIES","CHAPTER 51. ELECTION SUPPLIES","SUBCHAPTER B. ELECTION EQUIPMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.51.htm#51.033","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"6534a27613c2da3b91ad4efea4648c887368fab582d2df177ccb2b1993bc7cb2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-51.032","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-51.034"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}