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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Election Code § 61.031: USE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

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  1. ELECTION CODE
  2. TITLE 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
  3. CHAPTER 61. CONDUCT OF VOTING GENERALLY
  4. SUBCHAPTER B. INTERPRETER

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an election officer may not use a language other than English in performing an official duty in connection with the election.

(b) If a voter cannot communicate in English, an election officer may communicate with the voter in a language that the voter and the officer understand.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

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