Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ELECTION CODE |
Title 16. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
Chapter 276. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND OTHER PROVISIONS |
Sec. 276.001. RETALIATION AGAINST VOTER
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(a) A person commits an offense if, in retaliation against a voter who has voted for or against a candidate or measure or a voter who has refused to reveal how the voter voted, the person knowingly:
(1) harms or threatens to harm the voter by an unlawful act; or
(2) with respect to a voter over whom the person has authority in the scope of employment, subjects or threatens to subject the voter to a loss or reduction of wages or another benefit of employment.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 256, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.