Tex. Elec. Code § 64.0321 · Subchapter B. ASSISTING VOTER
DEFINITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
For purposes of this subchapter and Sections 85.035 and 86.010, assisting a voter includes the following conduct by a person other than the voter that occurs while the person is in the presence of the voter's ballot or carrier envelope:
(1) reading the ballot to the voter;
(2) directing the voter to read the ballot;
(3) marking the voter's ballot; or
(4) directing the voter to mark the ballot.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 640, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
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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- 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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