Tex. Elec. Code § 63.012 · Chapter 63. ACCEPTING VOTER
UNLAWFULLY ACCEPTING OR REFUSING TO ACCEPT VOTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An election officer commits an offense if the officer knowingly:
(1) permits an ineligible voter to vote other than as provided by Section 63.011; or
(2) refuses to accept a person for voting whose acceptance is required by this code.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 29, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 410 (S.B. 5), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2018.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.63.htm
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- 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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