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| 1 | 1 | 82R8358 ATP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Pena, Aliseda, Torres, Garza, Margo H.B. No. 2051 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the oath taken by a person who assists a voter. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 64.034, Election Code, is amended to | |
| 10 | 10 | read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 64.034. OATH. A person selected to provide assistance | |
| 12 | 12 | to a voter must take the following oath, administered by an election | |
| 13 | 13 | officer at the polling place, before providing assistance: | |
| 14 | 14 | "I swear (or affirm) that I will not suggest, by word, sign, | |
| 15 | 15 | or gesture, how the voter should vote; I will confine my assistance | |
| 16 | 16 | to answering the voter's questions, to stating propositions on the | |
| 17 | 17 | ballot, and to naming candidates and, if listed, their political | |
| 18 | 18 | parties; [and] I will prepare the voter's ballot as the voter | |
| 19 | 19 | directs; and I am not the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's | |
| 20 | 20 | employer, or an officer or agent of a labor union to which the voter | |
| 21 | 21 | belongs." | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |