Tex. Elec. Code § 61.006 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
UNLAWFULLY DIVULGING VOTE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person was in a polling place for any purpose other than voting and knowingly communicates to another person information that the person obtained at the polling place about how a voter has voted.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
(c) This section does not apply to information presented in an official investigation or other official proceeding in which the information is relevant.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 53, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.61.htm
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- 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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