Tex. Election Code § 33.004
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 33.004, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 33.004. APPOINTMENT FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATE.
Official statutory text
(a) A group of registered voters may appoint watchers on behalf of a write-in candidate in an election in which a declaration of write-in candidacy is not required to be filed.
(b) To be eligible to participate in the appointment under this section of a watcher for a precinct polling place, a person must be a registered voter of the precinct. To be eligible to participate in the appointment under this section of a watcher for an early voting polling place, the meeting place of an early voting ballot board, or a central counting station, a person must be a registered voter of the territory served by that facility.
(c) The minimum number of voters required to make an appointment under this section is the lesser of:
(1) 15; or
(2) five percent of the registered voters of the appropriate territory as determined from the list of registered voters to be used for the election.
(b) To be eligible to participate in the appointment under this section of a watcher for a precinct polling place, a person must be a registered voter of the precinct. To be eligible to participate in the appointment under this section of a watcher for an early voting polling place, the meeting place of an early voting ballot board, or a central counting station, a person must be a registered voter of the territory served by that facility.
(c) The minimum number of voters required to make an appointment under this section is the lesser of:
(1) 15; or
(2) five percent of the registered voters of the appropriate territory as determined from the list of registered voters to be used for the election.
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