Tex. Elec. Code § 64.032 · Subchapter B. ASSISTING VOTER
PERSONS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), on a voter's request for assistance in marking the ballot, two election officers shall provide the assistance.
(b) If a voter is assisted by election officers in the general election for state and county officers, each officer must be aligned with a different political party unless there are not two or more election officers serving the polling place who are aligned with different parties.
(c) On the voter's request, the voter may be assisted by any person selected by the voter other than the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, or an officer or agent of a labor union to which the voter belongs.
(d) If assistance is provided by a person of the voter's choice, an election officer shall enter the person's name and address on the poll list beside the voter's name.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.64.htm
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Cited by 5 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Elec. Code § 64.032. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 31.014CERTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO ACCEPT VOTERS.Printed as Section 64.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 61.001BYSTANDERS EXCLUDED; UNLAWFUL PRESENCE OF CANDIDATE.Printed as Section 61.032 or 64.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 63.0015ACCEPTING VOTERS WITH CERTAIN DISABILITIES.Printed as Section 64.032(c)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 64.036UNLAWFUL ASSISTANCE.Printed as Section 64.032(c)
- Tex. Elec. Code § 86.010UNLAWFULLY ASSISTING VOTER VOTING BALLOT BY MAIL.Printed as Section 64.032(c)
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