Texas Penal Code - Section 33.05. Tampering With Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machine
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§ 33.05. TAMPERING WITH DIRECT RECORDING ELECTRONIC
VOTING MACHINE. (a) In this section:
(1) "Direct recording electronic voting machine" has
the meaning assigned by Section 121.003, Election Code.
(2) "Measure" has the meaning assigned by Section
1.005, Election Code.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly
accesses a computer, computer network, computer program, computer
software, or computer system that is a part of a voting system that
uses direct recording electronic voting machines and by means of
that access:
(1) prevents a person from lawfully casting a vote;
(2) changes a lawfully cast vote;
(3) prevents a lawfully cast vote from being counted;
or
(4) causes a vote that was not lawfully cast to be
counted.
(c) An offense under this section does not require that the
votes as affected by the person's actions described by Subsection
(b) actually be the votes used in the official determination of the
outcome of the election.
(d) An offense under this section is a felony of the first
degree.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 15.01(d), an offense under
Section 15.01(a) is a felony of the third degree if the offense the
actor intends to commit is an offense under this section.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 470, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 32.51 32.52 33.01 33.02 33.021 33.03 33.04 33.05 34.01 34.02 34.021 34.03 35.01 35.015 35.02
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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