Texas § EL.32.054 - INELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYEE OR RELATIVE OF CANDIDATE
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§ EL.32.054. INELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYEE OR RELATIVE OF CANDIDATE
INELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYEE OR RELATIVE OF CANDIDATE. (a) A person is ineligible to serve as an election judge or clerk in an election if the person is employed by or related within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573 , Government Code, to an opposed candidate for a public office or a party office in any precinct in which the office appears on the ballot. For purposes of this subsection, a candidate whose name appears on the ballot is not considered to be opposed by a write-in candidate other than a declared write-in candidate under Chapter 146 . (b) For purposes of this section, a person is employed by a candidate if: (1) the candidate is an owner or officer of a business entity by which the person is employed; (2) the candidate is an officer of a governmental department or agency by which the person is employed; or (3) the person is under the candidate's supervision in public or private employment. (c) In this section, "candidate" means a person who has taken affirmative action, as described by the law regulating political funds and campaigns, for the purpose of gaining nomination or election. (d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a person employed by a county solely as an early voting clerk appointed under Chapter 83 is not employed by a candidate for purposes of this section. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 15, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(27), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 984 (H.B. 2110 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (S.B. 910 ), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2013.
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