Tex. Election Code Section 51.033
Number and Use of Ballot Boxes

(a)

Four ballot boxes shall be used at each polling place in an election and shall be marked as follows:

(1)

“Ballot Box No. 1 for Election Precinct No. ________”;

(2)

“Ballot Box No. 2 for Election Precinct No. ________”;

(3)

“Ballot Box No. 3 for Election Precinct No. ________”; and

(4)

“Ballot Box No. 4 for Election Precinct No. ________”.

(b)

If an election precinct is designated by name instead of number, the name of the precinct shall be marked on the box.

(c)

Ballot boxes no. 1 and no. 2 are used for the deposit of voters’ marked ballots.

(d)

Ballot box no. 3 is used for delivering the voted ballots to their custodian after they are counted and for storing the voted ballots during the preservation period.

(e)

Ballot box no. 4 is used for delivering defectively printed, spoiled, and unused ballots to their custodian after the election.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Source: Section 51.033 — Number and Use of Ballot Boxes, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.­51.­htm#51.­033 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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