{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-276.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 276.001","heading":"RETALIATION AGAINST VOTER.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if, in retaliation against a voter who has voted for or against a candidate or measure or a voter who has refused to reveal how the voter voted, the person knowingly:\n(1) harms or threatens to harm the voter by an unlawful act; or\n(2) with respect to a voter over whom the person has authority in the scope of employment, subjects or threatens to subject the voter to a loss or reduction of wages or another benefit of employment.\n(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 256, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 16. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 276. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND OTHER PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.276.htm#276.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"9218279800f6f4cfe18f7ee96fe9b8d1eea890eadedb03b30434050bc70a2165","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-275.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-276.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}