{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.033","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 33.033","heading":"INELIGIBILITY OF EMPLOYEE OR RELATIVE OF ELECTION OFFICER.","body":"(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 or related within the second degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, to an election judge, an election clerk, an early voting clerk, or a deputy clerk serving at that location.\n(b) For purposes of this section, a person is employed by an election officer in the same circumstances that a person is employed by a candidate under Section 32.054(b).\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.40; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 16, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(27), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 3. ELECTION OFFICERS AND OBSERVERS","CHAPTER 33. WATCHERS","SUBCHAPTER B. ELIGIBILITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.33.htm#33.033","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"1069bef4a5f2ad3d750ced471e8c75dfce83d18069dce2f445331f3717644c41","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.032","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-33.034"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}