Election Code §52.061

In force on Sep 06, 2016 · this text took effect Sep 01, 1997 · same as today's text

PRINTING ON BALLOT

(a) The ballot shall be printed in black ink on white or light-colored paper, but the ballot may not be the same color as sample ballots. (b) The type on the ballot may vary in size and style for the office titles, column headings, names of candidates, proposition headings, and propositions, but the type for each particular category must be uniform.

History: Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

Effective Sep 01, 1997 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026

Attorney General opinions that cite it

KP-0118 (Sep 06, 2016): Election questions related to ballot image storage, the production of tally lists by election judges, and remedies for the unauthorized exclusion of a poll watcher

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