Texas Election Code Title 3, Chapter 33 - Watchers

SUBCHAPTER A APPOINTMENT

• Texas Section 33.001 - Watcher Defined
  In this code, "watcher" means a person appointed under this subchapter to observe the conduct of an election on behalf of a candidate, a political...
• Texas Section 33.002 - Appointment By Candidate
  (a) Watchers may be appointed by each candidate whose name appears on the ballot or the list of declared write-in candidates in an election for:...
• Texas Section 33.003 - Appointment By Political Party
  (a) The county chair of each political party that has one or more nominees on the ballot may appoint watchers. (b) If the county chair...
• Texas Section 33.004 - Appointment For Write-in Candidate
  (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...
• Texas Section 33.005 - Appointment For Election On Measure
  (a) In an election on a measure, watchers may be appointed by the campaign treasurer or an assistant campaign treasurer of a specific-purpose political committee...
• Texas Section 33.006 - Certificate Of Appointment
  (a) For an appointment of a watcher to be effective, the appointing authority must issue a certificate of appointment to the appointee. (b) A certificate...

SUBCHAPTER B ELIGIBILITY

• Texas Section 33.007 - Number And Place Of Service Of Watchers
  (a) Each appointing authority may appoint not more than two watchers for each precinct polling place, meeting place for an early voting ballot board, or...
• Texas Section 33.031 - General Eligibility Requirements
  (a) To be eligible to serve as a watcher, a person must be a qualified voter: (1) of the county in which the person is...
• Texas Section 33.032 - Ineligibility Of Candidate For Public Office
  (a) A person is ineligible to serve as a watcher in an election if the person is a candidate for a public office in an...
• Texas Section 33.033 - Ineligibility Of Employee Or Relative Of Election Officer
  (a) A person is ineligible to serve as a watcher at a particular location if the person is the employer of or is employed by...
• Texas Section 33.034 - Ineligibility Of Public Officer
  (a) A person who holds an elective public office is ineligible to serve as a watcher in an election. (b) For purposes of this section,...

SUBCHAPTER C SERVICE

• Texas Section 33.035 - Ineligibility Of Person Convicted Of Election Offense
  A person is ineligible to serve as a watcher in an election if the person has been finally convicted of an offense in connection with...
• Texas Section 33.051 - Acceptance Of Watcher
  (a) A watcher appointed to serve at a precinct polling place, a meeting place for an early voting ballot board, or a central counting station...
• Texas Section 33.052 - Hours Of Service At Precinct Polling Place
  (a) A watcher at a precinct polling place may begin service at any time after the presiding judge arrives at the polling place on election...
• Texas Section 33.053 - Hours Of Service At Early Voting Polling Place
  A watcher serving at an early voting polling place may be present at the polling place at any time it is open and until completion...
• Texas Section 33.054 - Hours Of Service At Early Voting Ballot Board Meeting
  (a) A watcher serving at the meeting place of an early voting ballot board may be present at any time the board is processing or...
• Texas Section 33.055 - Hours Of Service At Central Counting Station
  (a) A watcher serving at a central counting station may be present at any time the station is open for the purpose of processing or...
• Texas Section 33.056 - Observing Activity Generally
  (a) Except as provided by Section 33.057, a watcher is entitled to observe any activity conducted at the location at which the watcher is serving....
• Texas Section 33.057 - Observing Preparation Of Voter's Ballot
  (a) A watcher is entitled to be present at the voting station when a voter is being assisted by an election officer, and the watcher...
• Texas Section 33.058 - Restrictions On Watcher's Activities
  (a) While on duty, a watcher may not: (1) converse with an election officer regarding the election, except to call attention to an irregularity or...
• Texas Section 33.059 - Observing Securing Of Voting System Equipment Before Election
  (a) A watcher appointed to serve at a polling place in an election using voting system equipment that is required to be delivered to the...
• Texas Section 33.060 - Observing Delivery Of Election Records
  (a) On request of a watcher, an election officer who delivers election records from a precinct polling place, an early voting polling place, a meeting...
• Texas Section 33.061 - Unlawfully Obstructing Watcher
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person serves in an official capacity at a location at which the presence of watchers is authorized...

Last modified: September 28, 2016