Sec. 84.004. UNLAWFULLY WITNESSING APPLICATION FOR MORE THAN ONE APPLICANT. (a) A person commits an offense if:
(1) the person signs an application for a ballot to be voted by mail as a witness for more than one applicant in the same election; or
(2) the person signs an application for annual ballots by mail as a witness for more than one applicant in the same calendar year.
(b) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) that the person signed early voting ballot applications for more than one applicant:
(1) as an early voting clerk or deputy early voting clerk; or
(2) and the person is related to the additional applicants as a parent, grandparent, spouse, child, or sibling.
(c) A violation of this section does not affect the validity of an application involved in the offense.
(d) Each application signed by the witness in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense.
(e) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.07; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1050 (H.B. 1927), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
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