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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for certain election officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.054(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person is ineligible to serve as an election judge or |
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clerk in an election if the person is employed by or related within |
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the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under |
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Chapter 573, Government Code, to an opposed candidate for a public |
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office or a [the] party office in any precinct in which the office |
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appears on the ballot [of county chair in the election]. For |
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purposes of this subsection, a candidate whose name appears on the |
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ballot is not considered to be opposed by a write-in candidate other |
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than a declared write-in candidate under Chapter 146. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 62.003, Election Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 62.003. [OATH OF] ELECTION OFFICERS: OATH AND |
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IDENTIFICATION. |
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SECTION 3. Section 62.003, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Following administration of the oath, each election |
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officer shall be issued a form of identification, prescribed by the |
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secretary of state, to be displayed by the officer during the |
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officer's hours of service at the polling place. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |