{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-64.034","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 64.034","heading":"OATH.","body":"A person, other than an election officer, selected to provide assistance to a voter must take the following oath, administered by an election officer at the polling place, before providing assistance:\n\"I swear (or affirm) under penalty of perjury that the voter I am assisting represented to me they are eligible to receive assistance; I will not suggest, by word, sign, or gesture, how the voter should vote; I will confine my assistance to reading the ballot to the voter, directing the voter to read the ballot, marking the voter's ballot, or directing the voter to mark the ballot; I will prepare the voter's ballot as the voter directs; I did not pressure or coerce the voter into choosing me to provide assistance; I am not the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, or an officer or agent of a labor union to which the voter belongs; I will not communicate information about how the voter has voted to another person; and I understand that if assistance is provided to a voter who is not eligible for assistance, the voter's ballot may not be counted.\"\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (H.B. 2475), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 6.04, eff. December 2, 2021.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 6. CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 64. VOTING PROCEDURES","SUBCHAPTER B. ASSISTING VOTER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.64.htm#64.034","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"d54ee40d087c7b9323a63987e407a261d981b777a86d31ba09097ad1d71cb16c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-64.033","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-64.035"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}