{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-52.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 52.006","heading":"CORRECTING BALLOT.","body":"(a) To make a necessary correction on the ballot, the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared may:\n(1) prepare new ballots;\n(2) line out or otherwise obscure the language being corrected and enter in printed form the correct language next to the language being corrected, if necessary; or\n(3) prepare printed or blank correction stickers to be affixed to the ballots.\n(b) A correction sticker used under this section must be printed in the same type style and on the same color of paper as the ballot.\n(c) A correction sticker may be affixed to a ballot only by the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared or by an election officer serving a polling place.\n(d) A vote may not be counted for a name appearing on a correction sticker unless the sticker is prepared and affixed to the ballot as provided by this section.\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#52.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"e463600d506978fd4d794498f368158f449637d5a62686d1cbe8cb6fdf86e192","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-52.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-52.0061"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}