Texas Election Code 33.004 – Appointment for Write-In Candidate
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(a) A group of registered voters may appoint watchers on behalf of a write-in candidate in an election in which a declaration of write-in candidacy is not required to be filed.
(b) To be eligible to participate in the appointment under this section of a watcher for a precinct polling place, a person must be a registered voter of the precinct. To be eligible to participate in the appointment under this section of a watcher for an early voting polling place, the meeting place of an early voting ballot board, or a central counting station, a person must be a registered voter of the territory served by that facility.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 33.004
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Registered voter: means a person registered to vote in this state whose registration is effective. See Texas Election Code 1.005
(c) The minimum number of voters required to make an appointment under this section is the lesser of:
(1) 15; or
(2) five percent of the registered voters of the appropriate territory as determined from the list of registered voters to be used for the election.