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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of candidates for certain offices to |
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serve as election judges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.053, Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 32.053. INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE FOR [PUBLIC] |
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OFFICE. (a) A person who is a candidate in an election for a |
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contested public or party office is ineligible to serve, in an |
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election to be held on the same day as that election, as an election |
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judge or clerk in any precinct in which the office sought is to be |
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voted on [in an election if the person is a candidate for a public
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office in an election to be held on the same day]. |
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(b) This section does not apply to: |
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(1) a county clerk; or |
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(2) a precinct chair declared elected under Section |
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171.0221. |
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(c) [(b)] In this section, "candidate" means a person who |
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has taken affirmative action, as described by the law regulating |
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political funds and campaigns, for the purpose of gaining |
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nomination or election. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |