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