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Texas Election Code § 65.011
Counting Votes and Preparing Returns · Counting Votes Generally
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.
Official text of the Texas Election Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Acts 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.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 404 (H.B. 25), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2020.
