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Tex. Elec. Code § 64.037 (2026)

Unauthorized Assistance Voids Ballot

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Sec. 64.037. UNAUTHORIZED ASSISTANCE VOIDS BALLOT. If assistance is provided to a voter who is not eligible for assistance, the voter's ballot may not be counted.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1998–2013 · leading case: Tiller v. Martinez, 974 S.W.2d 769 (Tex. App. 1998).

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Tiller v. Martinez, 974 S.W.2d 769 (Tex. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 64.037, 86.010(d). Votes are void and should not be counted if the evidence shows that procedural statutory requirements were not followed in the casting of absentee ballots, even if the ballots were rejected for signature discrepancy.”

J.J. Garza, Oscar \Coach\" Salinas (2013). “2d at 317 ; see also TEX. ELEC. CODE ANN. § 64.037. Regardless, appellants were still required to produce evidence that those 1100 6 illegally-assisted voters voted pursuant to the instructions of the persons assisting them and that this affected the outcome of the election or…”

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