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Texas Election Code § 13.008

Performance-Based Compensation for Registering Voters Prohibited

Application for Registration; Initial Registration · Eligibility; Manner of Applying for Registration

(a) A person commits an offense if the person:

(1) compensates another person based on the number of voter registrations that the other person successfully facilitates;

(2) presents another person with a quota of voter registrations to facilitate as a condition of payment or employment;

(3) engages in another practice that causes another person's compensation from or employment status with the person to be dependent on the number of voter registrations that the other person facilitates; or

(4) accepts compensation for an activity described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) An officer, director, or other agent of an entity that commits an offense under this section is punishable for the offense.

Official text of the Texas Election Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1002 (H.B. 2194), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.

Sections that refer to this one

§ 13.036