{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-52.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 52.001","heading":"OFFICIAL BALLOT.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the vote in an election is by official ballot.\n(b) If an official ballot is unavailable at a polling place, the presiding election judge shall provide a ballot designed in accordance with this chapter.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 5. ELECTION SUPPLIES","CHAPTER 52. BALLOT FORM, CONTENT, AND PREPARATION","SUBCHAPTER A. PREPARING THE BALLOT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.52.htm#52.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"4d523104b5b6916c4a488d8f9567bf13dcecdd230a033b9aa23575c7aec830ae","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-51.036","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-52.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}