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Tex. Elec. Code § 11.005 (2026)

Effect Of Vote By Voter Registered In Wrong Precinct

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Sec. 11.005. EFFECT OF VOTE BY VOTER REGISTERED IN WRONG PRECINCT. If a voter who is erroneously registered in an election precinct in which the voter does not reside is permitted to vote by an election officer who does not know of the erroneous registration, the votes for the offices and measures on which the voter would have been eligible to vote in the voter's precinct of residence are valid unless the voter intentionally gave false information to procure the erroneous registration.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1995–2015 · leading case: McDuffee v. Miller, 327 S.W.3d 808 (Tex. App. 2010).

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McDuffee v. Miller, 327 S.W.3d 808 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 11.005 (West 2010).”

Slusher v. Streater, 896 S.W.2d 239 (Tex. App. 1995). “Slusher cites Tex.Elec.Code Ann. § 11.005 (Vernon 1986) to support her contention that Mr.”

Lupe Rivera v. Leticia \Letty\" Lopez" (Tex. App. 2015). “Therefore, under Section 11.005 of the Texas Elections Code, Delma Cadena’s ballot for the November 2013 election for Weslaco City Commission, District 5 was valid.”

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