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Texas Election Code § 63.012

Unlawfully Accepting or Refusing to Accept Voter

Accepting Voter

(a) An election officer commits an offense if the officer knowingly:

(1) permits an ineligible voter to vote other than as provided by Section 63.011; or

(2) refuses to accept a person for voting whose acceptance is required by this code.

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

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

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Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1315, Sec. 29, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 410 (S.B. 5), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2018.

This section refers to

§ 63.011