{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-65.011","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 65.011","heading":"OVERVOTING.","body":"If a voter marks the ballot for more candidates for an office than the number of persons to be elected for that office, none of the votes may be counted for that office.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 404 (H.B. 25), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2020.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 65. COUNTING VOTES AND PREPARING RETURNS","SUBCHAPTER A. COUNTING VOTES GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.65.htm#65.011","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"121d052f4ceec7d49c2bac35141b6070556a54dd9f26a2e79cf341c3ae2099ee","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-65.010","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-65.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}