{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 33.003","heading":"APPOINTMENT BY POLITICAL PARTY.","body":"(a) The county chair of each political party that has one or more nominees on the ballot may appoint watchers.\n(b) If the county chair does not make an authorized appointment, any three members of the county executive committee may make the appointment.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 3. ELECTION OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS","CHAPTER 33. WATCHERS","SUBCHAPTER A. APPOINTMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.33.htm#33.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"0f67325f7256d82ba0b48a7a992fc3ada17ad6b97b45b8006a9f26dd897af884","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}