{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-52.0063","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 52.0063","heading":"UNLAWFUL PREPARATION OF BALLOTS.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly prepares or causes to be prepared new ballots to make a correction on the ballot without complying with Section 52.0061 or 52.0062, as applicable.\n(b) Except as authorized by Section 52.006, a person commits an offense if the person knowingly prepares or causes to be prepared for an election any ballot that contains the same number as a ballot that has been prepared for the election.\n(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 289, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","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#52.0063","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"5ad765417b0c24b2e21f155fe992daf05e7a74e52480e96f782e3c86a82f5d0e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-52.0062","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-52.0064"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}