Tex. Const. art. VI, § 5 · Article 6. SUFFRAGE
VOTERS PRIVILEGED FROM ARREST.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
Voters shall, in all cases, except treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at elections, and in going to and returning therefrom.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.6.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 fd8c886e011b2dabfa110f65fb73476f75f3341b900179ddf1bf7c770c5f38ee
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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