{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-85.0311","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 85.0311","heading":"EARLY VOTING CLERK TO SIGN BALLOTS.","body":"(a) The early voting clerk's initials shall be placed on the back of each ballot to be used at the polling place.\n(b) The early voting clerk shall enter the initials on each ballot or a deputy early voting clerk shall stamp a facsimile of the initials on each ballot.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1381, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 7. EARLY VOTING","SUBTITLE A. EARLY VOTING","CHAPTER 85. CONDUCT OF VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE","SUBCHAPTER B. POLLING PLACE PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.85.htm#85.0311","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"c695966ba2e154c4d4e4036a5db49a681a03f20fb8d7ee027b7427020579b5ea","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-85.031","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-85.032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}