{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-61.011","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 61.011","heading":"REMOVING WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOUND IN POLLING PLACE.","body":"(a) An election officer shall periodically check each voting station and other areas of the polling place for sample ballots or other written communications used by voters that were left or discarded in the polling place.\n(b) An election officer shall remove from the sight of the voters any written communication found under Subsection (a).\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 112, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 61. CONDUCT OF VOTING GENERALLY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.61.htm#61.011","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"e7b90d3c8c60676bd88f02fe21a475b76d9da3fa480f985430affa174a381cd6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-61.010","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-61.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}