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Texas Statutes § 64.034 Oath

Up to Subchapter B: Assisting Voter

Statute Text

A person, other than an election officer, selected to provide assistance to a voter must take the following oath, administered by an election officer at the polling place, before providing assistance:
"I swear (or affirm) under penalty of perjury that the voter I am assisting represented to me they are eligible to receive assistance; I will not suggest, by word, sign, or gesture, how the voter should vote; I will confine my assistance to reading the ballot to the voter, directing the voter to read the ballot, marking the voter's ballot, or directing the voter to mark the ballot; I will prepare the voter's ballot as the voter directs; I did not pressure or coerce the voter into choosing me to provide assistance; I am not 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; I will not communicate information about how the voter has voted to another person; and I understand that if assistance is provided to a voter who is not eligible for assistance, the voter's ballot may not be counted."

History

Amended by Acts 2021SP2 , Texas Acts of the 87th Legislature - Second Special Session , ch. TBD , Sec. 6.04 , eff. 12/2/2021 .

Amended by Acts 2013 , 83rd Leg. - Regular Session , ch. 358 , Sec. 1 , eff. 9/1/2013 .

Acts 1985 , 69th Leg., ch. 211 , Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1986 .

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