By: Huffman S.B. No. 160
(In the Senate - Filed January 7, 2013; January 29, 2013,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 13, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; March 13, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the identification of a person as an election poll
watcher.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.056, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) A watcher shall wear a badge that prominently displays
the words "Poll Watcher" while the watcher is observing election
activity.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 61.010, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section
33.056(e), a person may not wear a badge, insignia, emblem, or other
similar communicative device relating to a candidate, measure, or
political party appearing on the ballot, or to the conduct of the
election, in the polling place or within 100 feet of any outside
door through which a voter may enter the building in which the
polling place is located.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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