Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ELECTION CODE |
Title 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS |
Chapter 64. VOTING PROCEDURES |
Subchapter B. ASSISTING VOTER |
Sec. 64.034. OATH
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A person 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) that I will not suggest, by word, sign, or gesture, how the voter should vote; I will confine my assistance to answering the voter's questions, to stating propositions on the ballot, and to naming candidates and, if listed, their political parties; and I will prepare the voter's ballot as the voter directs."
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.