Texas Election Code 64.032 – Persons Providing Assistance
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(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.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 64.032
- General election: means an election, other than a primary election, that regularly recurs at fixed dates. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- 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
(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.