{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-62.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 62.006","heading":"PLACING BOX FOR DEPOSIT OF MARKED BALLOTS.","body":"The ballot box to be used by the voters to deposit marked ballots shall be locked. The ballot box and the box used for the deposit of provisional ballots shall be placed where they will be in plain view of the election officers, watchers, and persons waiting to vote.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1078, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 21, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 62. PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.62.htm#62.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"0ec1b1dbbd1ebad102bcb3a5ee2ae88025903f50c19edd3877924ec408dba750","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-62.005-2","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-62.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}