{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-162.014","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 162.014","heading":"UNLAWFUL PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly votes or attempts to vote in a primary election or participates or attempts to participate in a convention of a party after having voted in a primary election or participated in a convention of another party during the same voting year.\n(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.\n(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree if the conduct constituting an offense under Subsection (a) consists of knowingly voting in a primary election after having voted in a primary election of another party during the same voting year.\n(d) An offense under this section is a state jail felony if the conduct constituting an offense under Subsection (a) consists of knowingly attempting to vote in a primary election after having voted in a primary election of another party during the same voting year.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE A. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 162. REGULATING PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.162.htm#162.014","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"052262dd1e7075ad87ae5eace6caab171e525c38fe03c2dee92d5c9cee088d4c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-162.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-162.015"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}