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Election Day Procedures – 2014
Timothy Juro and Ashley Fischer Election Law Seminar for Cities, Schools and Other Political Subdivisions December 2014
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1. Qualifying Voters and Provisional Voting 2. Election Judges and Clerks 3. Polling Place Hours 4. People in the Polling Place 5. Voter Assistance 6. Interpreters 7. Electioneering 8. Miscellaneous Polling Place Procedures
Agenda
Statutory references are to the Texas Election Code.
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Qualifying Voters
1. Voter Provides Acceptable Form Identification 2. Voter is Located on List of Registered Voters 3. Have You Moved?
4. Check-in Voter 5. Voter Signs Combination and Accepts Applicable Affidavits 6. Voter Casts Ballot
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Step 1: Voter Identification
• • Elections worker should ask each voter to present identification.
The ideal voter should present his/her photo identification,
or
a voter’s registration certificate with an (E) notation signifying that the voter exemption.
has a permanent disability
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Acceptable ID
There are 7 forms of acceptable ID: – Texas driver license issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) – Texas Election Identification Certificate issued by DPS – Texas personal identification card issued by DPS – Texas concealed handgun license issued by DPS – United States military identification card containing the person’s photograph – United States citizenship certificate containing the person’s photograph – United States passport Images of acceptable IDs may be found on our website .
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ID Must be Valid
• • The identification must be current or have expired no more than 60 days before being presented for voter qualification at the polling place.
NOTE: – There are some forms of acceptable identification that do NOT expire and are current at the time of voting: Certificates of Citizenship/Naturalization – – Uniformed Services IDs (Military) Veterans Affairs IDs (Military) – EICs for voters 70 years of age or older
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Permanent Exemption
If a voter has applied for and received a permanent exemption to the photo ID requirement, they will provide a voter registration certificate with an (E) notation.
NOTE: Designation of (E) next to VUID Number. Example:
1197099876 (E).
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Common FAQs
Q: Does the voter still have to provide their voter registration certificate?
A: No. The voter only needs to provide ONE of the seven acceptable forms of ID. Most commonly, this will be a Texas Driver’s License.
Unless, they have with the (E) notation.
a permanent disability exemption, and show their registration certificate
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Common FAQs
Q: What if a voter does not have one of the seven forms of ID or registration certificate with an (E)?
A: The voter will be offered a provisional ballot. Within 6 days of the election, the voter may appear at the Voter Registrar to provide an ID or execute an applicable affidavit for a permanent or temporary exemption. No voter should be turned away from
the polls for failing to provide photo ID.
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Step 2: List of Registered Voters
• Locate the voter’s name on the List of Registered Voters, and: 1. Confirm registration status; 2. Confirm name is the same or “substantially similar” 3. Look for early voting status (“early” or "voted" notation); 4. Check for suspense list status (“s” notation).
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List of ID Voters
UPDATED PROCEDURE: As all voters are now required to show an ID, the List of ID Voters is no longer required to be kept at the polling place, and the “ID” notation next to a voter’s name is only for ballot by mail.
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Confirming Registration Status
• • If voter appears on list of registered voters, election worker should move to the next step.
If voter the voter does not appear on the List of Registered Voters, one of the following situations may apply: 1. Incorrect Certificate, Appearing at Correct Precinct 2. Correct Certificate, Erroneously Omitted from List 3. No Certificate, Not On List
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Incorrect Certificate - §63.006
In this case, the voter has appeared at the correct precinct according to their address, but was erroneously placed into the incorrect precinct during the registration process. They provide a registration certificate and acceptable ID at the polling place.
Example: Voter lives within the boundaries of Precinct 1, but their registration certificate states they are in Precinct 2. They are appearing at Precinct 1 to vote.
How to Handle?
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Once the election worker checks-in the voter and adds their name to the combination form, they should mark the box labeled “Not On List – 63.006” on the combination form.
The voter should review, and accept Voter’s Affidavit by initialing correct box.
The voter’s name shall be added to the Registration Omissions List.
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Correct Certificate - §63.006
• • • In this case, the voter is properly registered in the precinct, but they were erroneously left off the List of Registered Voters. They provide a registration certificate and acceptable ID at the polling place.
Example: Voter is registered in Precinct 1, they appear at the polling place with an acceptable ID, and a registration certificate that notes Precinct 1, but they are not on the list.
How to Handle?
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Once the election worker checks-in the voter and adds their name to the combination form, they should mark the box labeled “Not On List – 63.006” on the combination form.
The voter’s name shall be added to the Registration Omissions List.
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No Certificate, Not On List - §63.009
• • In this case, the voter is not on the list, they may or may not have an acceptable ID, and do not have a registration certificate.
How to Handle?
1. Once the election worker checks-in the voter and adds their name to the combination form, they should mark the box labeled “Provisional – 63.011” on the combination form.
2. Voter will be offered a provisional ballot.
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Contacting Voter Registrar
• • • Election judges and clerks may contact the voter registrar when a voter comes into the polling place, but his/her name is not on the list of registered voters for the precinct, to determine if the voter is registered in another precinct.
The judge or clerk should direct the voter to the correct precinct if appropriate.
A voter who has not updated his registration information and who insists on voting in the “wrong” precinct must vote provisionally; the ballot will not be counted.
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Name Matches
• Election workers will need to fully compare the voter’s name listed on the List of Registered Voters to the name listed on the acceptable form of ID.
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Names are Identical
If the voter’s name on the List of Registered Voters is identical to the name on the ID, the voter will proceed as usual.
Example: Precinct 1 – Travis County List of Registered Voters
Texas Driver License
Lady Bird Johnson 123 Texas Way Austin, Texas 71234 Lady Bird Johnson 123 Texas Way Austin, Texas 71234 Date of Birth: 12/22/1912 Date of Birth: 12/22/1912
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What are Substantially Similar Names
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Names that are:
1. Slightly Different: Marc Cuban vs. Mark Cuban, or Jamie Foxx vs. Jamie Fox 2. Customary Variation: Sam Houston vs. Samuel Houston, or Henry B. Gonzales vs. Enrique B. Gonzales 3. Initial, Middle Name or Former Name: Lyndon B. Johnson vs. Lyndon Baines Johnson, or Laura Lane Welch vs. Laura Welch Bush 4. Different Field: Sandra Day vs. Sandra Day O’Connor, or Beyonce Knowles vs. Beyonce Knowles-Carter
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Totality of the Circumstances
• Use all information on ID and the List of Registered Voters to assist in the determination: – Address – Date of Birth – Photograph
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Totality of the Circumstances
Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor Johnson
Texas Driver License
Lady Bird Johnson 123 Texas Way Austin, Texas 71234 Date of Birth: 12/22/1912 Precinct 1 – Travis County List of Registered Voters Claudia Bird Taylor 123 Texas Way Austin, Texas 71234 Date of Birth: 12/22/1912
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Processing the Voter
• • Voters with identical matches, proceed as usual.
Voters with similar name will need to initial the affidavit on combination form, and then proceed to cast a regular ballot.
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“Voted” Notation
• • If “voted” appears next to the persons name on the List of Registered Voters, that signifies they voted early.
This voter should be offered a provisional ballot.
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“S” Notation
• If the voter has a “S” notation next to their name, please proceed to Step 3 for proper procedures.
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Step 3: Have You Moved?
• Clerks must ask EVERY voter if they still live at the address shown on the List of Registered Voters.
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Suspense Voters = “S” Notation
A voter must complete a Statement of Residence (“SOR”) if there is an "S" notation next to voter's name on the list of registered voters.
NOTE: The voter may only vote a regular ballot if the address the voter lists on the SOR is still within the same county and within the boundaries of the political subdivision holding the election.
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Voter States they Moved
If the voter has moved, they need to completed a Statement of Residence form showing their new address.
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Common FAQs
Q: Under the new Voter ID law, does a voter’s address on their ID have to match the address listed on the List of Registered Voters?
A: No. However, a voter’s address can be used to help verify a voter’s identity.
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Residency Issues
• • • Voter Moved to Another Precinct Voter Moved Into This Precinct Voter Moved Into the County
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Voter Moved to Another Precinct – Voting in Old Precinct
If the voter is returning here, to their old precinct, to vote although s/he moved to another precinct, follow these steps to qualify the voter: 1. Ask the voter to complete and sign a Statement of Residence.
2. Check-In Voter on List of Registered Voters/E PollBook.
NOTE: The voter must reside within the same political subdivision to vote.
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Voter Moved Into This Precinct Voting in New Precinct
If the voter has moved from another precinct from within the county, but has not updated their registration and shows up to vote, follow these steps to qualify the voter: 1.
Verify that the voter's name is not on the List of Registered Voters.
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If they have valid registration certificate, confirm that they are not registered to vote in this precinct. You may confirm this by phone with the Voter Registrar.
Direct the voter to his/her previous precinct.
If the voter insists on voting in this precinct, s/he may vote with a Provisional Ballot.
NOTE: The voter must reside within the same political subdivision to vote
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Voter Moved Into the County
• • • If the voter has moved to this county from another county and shows up to vote here, in his/her new precinct: A voter may not vote here unless s/he is registered in the new county of residence.
The Election Judge may determine that the voter may cast a Limited Ballot (only permitted during the early voting period).
If the voter insists on voting in this precinct, s/he may vote with a Provisional Ballot.
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Step 4: Check-In Voter
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Step 5: Voter Signs Combination Form and Accepts Applicable Affidavits
• • Please ask the voter to sign their name in the appropriate location.
If the voter needs to accept either or both the Voter’s Affidavit or Similar Name Affidavit, please ask the voter to initial in the appropriate location.
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Step 6: Voter Casts Ballot
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Provisional Voting
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Provisional Voting
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When does someone vote provisionally? (1 T.A.C. § 81.172 )
Voter does not have one of 7 forms of acceptable IDs.
Voter is not on the list of registered voters.
Voter is not on list of registered voters, is registered in another precinct.
Voter on list of people that voted early by mail, but voter has not cancelled mail ballot application.
Voter votes after 7:00 pm due to a court order extending hours.
Voter on list of registered voters, but residence address is outside the political subdivision.
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Provisional Voting Procedures
What to do? (1 T.A.C. § 81.173)
– Inform the voter of their right to cast a provisional ballot.
– Advise the voter that in order to have ballot counted, voter must be voting in their correct precinct.
– Have the voter complete the Provisional Voter Affidavit envelope prior to voting provisionally.
– Election judge will check “yes” or “no” as to whether voter presented ID.
– Election judge will complete the Election Judge’s portion of provisional ballot.
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Provisional Voting Procedures
What to do (con't)?
– Election Judge signs Provisional ballot. – Election judge adds the voter’s name on the List of Provisional Voters form and marks the voter as “provisional” on the combination form.
– Provisional voter signs the combination form.
– Election judge provides voter with Notice to Provisional Voter.
– Provisional voter casts ballot.
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Provisional Voting Procedures
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If using paper or optical scan ballots:
– Voter chooses a provisional ballot from disarranged supply of provisional ballots.
– Voter marks ballot.
– Voter places ballot into secrecy envelope, seals secrecy envelope.
– Voter places secrecy envelope in Provisional Ballot Affidavit envelope.
– Voter deposits envelope in secure container.
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Provisional Voting Procedures
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If provisional voting is being conducted on DREs:
– Election judge prepares DRE for provisional voting in accordance with instructions provided by general custodian of election records.
– Voter deposits Provisional Ballot Affidavit envelope in a secure container.
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Provisional Voting Procedures
• Notice to Provisional Voter for ID contains: – List of the 7 acceptable forms of IDs and available exemptions.
– The procedure for curing lack of acceptable ID.
• • Presenting ID to the VR.
Executing affidavit for temporary exemption.
• Applying for a disability exemption.
– – A map of the location(s) to cure lack of ID.
A statement that if all procedures are followed and voter is found to be eligible, voter’s provisional ballot will be accepted.
– A place for the voter’s name, VUID, and precinct polling place where provisional ballot was voted.
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Provisional Voting Procedures
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Provisional Voting due to Lack of Acceptable ID
– Senate Bill 14 provides for a “cure period” for voters that did not present an acceptable form of identification.
– Cure period = day the voter casts provisional ballot through the 6 th day after the election. (extended due to weekend or holiday).
– The “cure period” does not affect provisional voting at the polling place.
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Provisional Voting Procedures
• During the “cure period,” voter may: – Present to VR one of 7 forms of identification described by Section 63.0101 for examination.
– Execute in the presence of VR an affidavit stating: • voter has a religious objection to being photographed; or • voter does not have any identification meeting the requirements of Section 63.001(b) as a result of a natural disaster that occurred not earlier than 45 days before the date the ballot was cast.
– Apply for and receive a permanent disability exemption for the county the voter is registered in.
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Provisional Voting Procedures
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Delivery of Provisional Ballots to VR: 1 T.A.C. § 81.174
– Transfer may occur during: • During early voting, • Election night, or • The next business day after election.
– Provisional Ballots, List of Provisional Voters and Summary of Provisional Ballots are transferred to the VR in a secure transfer case.
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Provisional Voting Procedures
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Voter Registrar’s review of Provisional Ballots
– VR shall complete review by 6 but for general election for state and county officers, the 7 th th day after election, day after election.
– VR must be available at a minimum during regular business hours on regular business days during cure period.
– Poll watchers are not allowed during VR review.
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Election Judges and Clerks §§Chapter 32
• How many election judges and clerks are needed?
Minimum = 3 people – 1 presiding judge – 1 alternate judge (serving as clerk) – 1 clerk • • Who appoints the workers?
Generally, governing body appoints presiding judges.
Presiding judge appoints at least two clerks for his/her polling place. (One of those clerks is the alternate judge.)
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Bilingual Requirements §§ 272.001, 272.009
• Bilingual Materials – – Federal law requires that all election-related materials are provided in both English and Spanish.
Secretary of State will be responsible for translations for statewide ballot language and certain voter forms in any languages mandated by the U.S. Census directory on the state or county level.
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Bilingual Requirements
• Bilingual Clerks – State law requires the use of bilingual clerks in voting precincts situated in a county where 5% or more of the inhabitants are of Spanish origin or descent per the 2010 federal census. Example:
Entities in Harris County, per federal law, provide election materials in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese.
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Bilingual Requirements
What if I can’t find a bilingual clerk?
– Ask local language teachers for assistance or to recommend bilingual student voters.
– – – Ask your current election workers recommendations from people they know.
for Ask local civic leaders for assistance.
Ask local minority groups and unions for assistance.
If you cannot find enough bilingual clerks, you must provide one bilingual worker at a central location to provide translation and assistance.
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Qualifications §§ 32.051, 32.0511
• • Who can be an election judge?
– Qualified voter of the election precinct, unless no eligible person can be found inside the precinct, in which case the judge or alternate maybe appointed from a different precinct within the political subdivision.
Who can be an election clerk?
– Qualified voter of the political subdivision – Student Election Clerk • Even of not a registered voter of the political subdivision.
• Must be a student at an educational institution or home schooled, 16 or older, have permission to serve, and be a U.S. Citizen.
• No more than 2 students clerks may serve in a polling place.
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Qualifications §§ 32.052-32.056
• • • • • Who CANNOT be an election judge or clerk?
Public officer. Employee or relative of opposed candidate on the ballot.
– (HB 2110): Adds the party office of precinct chair, so that an employee or relative of an opposed candidate for a public office, the party office of county chair, or the party office of precinct chair may not serve as an election judge or clerk.
Campaign treasurer or assistant treasurer of candidate in the election.
Campaign manager of candidate in the election.
Individual finally convicted of an election offense (deferred adjudication does not constitute a final felony conviction).
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Qualifications §§ 32.052-32.056
Who CANNOT be an election judge or clerk?
– An uncontested candidate MAY serve as an election worker. – A candidate for a contested office may not serve in an election held on the same day as that election in any precinct in which the office sought is to be voted on.
Note: An incumbent cannot serve since they are disqualified as an elected public officer.
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Duties - Judges §§ 32.071-32.075
What does a judge do?
– Manage polling place; must be present all day.
– Administer any oaths required.
– Complete and sign judge’s portion of provisional voter affidavit.
– Sign off on other necessary forms such as Statement of Compensation and Oaths.
– – Designate working hours and assign duties for clerks.
May appoint special peace officers (required to be licensed as peace officers by Texas Commission on Law Enforcement), as needed, to preserve order.
– Has power of district court judge while serving at polling place, including power to issue arrest warrants.
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Duties - Clerks § 32.072
What does a clerk do?
– Perform duties assigned by judge, such as • Help set up polling area • Qualify/Process Voters • Assist voters who are qualified for and request assistance in the polling place • Perform curbside voting • Count ballots/assist in precinct tabulation procedures in the polling place – Administer any oaths required
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Polling Place Hours §§ 41.031, 41.032; Chapter 62
• 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
– Early Voting Clerk – Voter Registrar • The polling place should be completely set up by 7 a.m.
– Set up the voter check in table – Post all requisite signage • Remember: anyone in line at 7 p.m. can vote.
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Who is allowed in the polling place?
• Voters (§ 63.001) • Minors – With parent/guardian (§ 64.002) – Students voting in student election (§ 276.007) • Election Workers – Judges and Clerks (§§ 32.071, 32.072) – Vendor representatives/repair technicians (§ 125.010
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Who is allowed in the polling place?
(cont’d)
• Observers: – Pollwatchers (§ 33.052) – State Inspectors (§ 34.002) – Federal Inspectors (federal Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1973(f)) – SOS and SOS staff (§ 34.004) • County Chair (§ 172.1113) – For the primary election ONLY – To perform “administrative functions related to the conduct of the election.”
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Who is allowed in the polling place?
(cont’d)
Good Samaritans – Interpreter for voter (§ 61.032) – Person assisting voter (§ 64.032) – Person accompanying disabled voter (§ 64.009) • Law Enforcement – IF summoned by presiding judge (§ 32.075) – IF appointed as special peace officer by presiding judge (§ 32.075)
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Who is NOT allowed in the polling place?
• • Candidates (§ 61.001(b)) – Unless voting, assisting a voter, or conducting official business in the building Bystanders (§ 61.001(a)) – People who are not in the polling place to vote or for one of the other permitted reasons
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Assisting a Voter §§ 33.057, 64.031, 64.032
• Who is eligible for assistance?
– Any voter who is physically unable to mark the ballot.
– Any voter who cannot read the ballot due to visual or other impairment.
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Assisting a Voter (con’t)
• What types of assistance are allowed?
– – – – Reading the ballot to the voter.
Directing the voter to read the ballot.
Marking the voter’s ballot.
Directing the voter to mark the ballot.
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Assisting a Voter (con’t)
• Who is eligible to assist a voter?
– Any person that the voter chooses.
– Except: the voter’s employer, an agent of their employer, or an officer or agent of the voter’s union.
– This includes candidates!
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Assisting a Voter (con’t)
• Person can provide assistance regardless of: – – – – – The fact that they have assisted someone else.
Their residence.
Their citizenship.
Their voter registration status.
Their age.
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Assisting a Voter (con’t) §§ 33.057, 64.032(b)
• What if the voter doesn’t choose the assistant?
– Election workers may assist a voter.
– Two workers must assist together. (One worker may assist during early voting.)
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Assisting a Voter (con’t)
• Who else can be there?
– If the voter chooses their assistant, no one else may be present.
– If election workers are assisting a voter, poll watchers may be present to observe.
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Assisting a Voter (con’t) §§ 64.032(d), 64.034, 64.035, 64.036
• What else does an assistant need to do?
– Take the Oath of Assistance.
• NEW LAW (HB 2475): The oath has been modified to include a statement that the assistant is not the voter’s employer or an agent thereof or an officer or agent of a labor union to which the voter belongs.
– Name and address must be entered next to voter’s name on poll list.
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Assisting a Voter (con’t)
– Election official must ask voter if voter wants entire ballot read to him/her, and if so, must instruct assistant to do so.
– Must NOT mark ballot in any way other than how the voter indicates he/she wants the ballot marked. Offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
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Election Officials Assisting Voters § 33.057, 34.002(b), 64.032, 64.033
• Two election officials may assist a voter. (One during early voting.) • Entire ballot must be read to voter unless voter states that they only want to hear certain offices or measures.
• Election officials must also take Oath of Assistance, though only need to take oath once.
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Election Officials Assisting Voters (con’t)
• • Election workers’ names are not entered next to voter’s name on poll list.
Poll watcher and inspectors may observe assistance when provided by election officials.
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Assisting a Voter – Curbside Voting § 64.009
What is curbside voting?
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If voter is unable to enter a polling place without assistance or likelihood of injury, he/she may be assisted “curbside.”
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Assisting a Voter – Curbside Voting (con’t)
– One election official may deliver a ballot to voter at the entrance to the polling place.
• If using a DRE system, the official will deliver the DRE unit to voter rather than a ballot.
• NEW LAW (SB 910): Curbside voting during early voting is to be conducted in the same manner as on election day.
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Assisting a Voter – Curbside Voting (con’t)
• Poll watchers and inspectors may observe curbside voting.
• Once voter has marked ballot, election official deposits ballot in ballot box.
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Assisting a Voter – Curbside Voting (con’t)
– At voter’s request, person accompanying voter must be able to select voter’s ballot and deposit in ballot box.
– If curbside voter also requires assistance with his/her ballot, may use assistant of his/her choice, or may be assisted by two election officials.
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Interpreting for a Voter §§ 61.032, 61.033, 61.035
• An interpreter may also assist a voter – Interpreters must be registered voters of the political subdivision – Remember: Unless voter needs the interpreter to read the ballot because voter cannot read the language in which the ballot is printed OR unless voter is eligible for assistance, the interpreter’s job ends when voter gets his/her ballot or media card.
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Interpreting for a Voter (con’t)
• Interpreter must take Oath of Interpreter. (Must also take Oath of Assistance, if also assisting voter who cannot read due to a visual impairment or otherwise is eligible for assistance.)
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What is Electioneering?
§ 61.003
Electioneering is advocating for or against a candidate, measure, party or issue within the protective legal boundary surrounding a polling place.
– NEW LAW (HB 259): Amends Section 61.003 to provide that electioneering includes “the posting, use, or distribution of political signs or literature.” Electioneering is a crime; it is a Class C misdemeanor.
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Electioneering (con't)
• The required 100 foot distance markers surrounding polling places mark the legal boundaries against electioneering.
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Electioneering (con't)
• NEW LAW (HB 259): The entity that owns or controls a public building being used as an election day or early voting polling place may not, at any time during the voting period, prohibit electioneering on the building's premises outside of the 100-foor distance marker, but may enact reasonable regulations concerning the time, place, and manner of electioneering.
– Example: electioneering may not be completely prohibited outside the 100-foot distance from the entrance to a school building being used as a polling place.
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What is NOT electioneering?
• Voter Assistance Materials (§ 61.011) – Voters are permitted to bring written materials into the voting place to help them vote.
• Election officials should periodically check the polling place and dispose of any such materials left behind.
• Exit polling, if not disruptive.
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What is NOT electioneering? (con’t)
• Name Tags Worn by Certain Officials (§§ 33.051, 61.010) – Election judges, clerks, state or federal inspectors, peace officers, and poll watchers must wear name tags or official badges while on duty to identify them.
• NEW LAW (SB 160): Upon accepting a poll watcher for service, an election official will provide the poll watcher with an ID (prescribed by the SOS), which the poll watcher must wear while serving as a watcher.
• No other person may wear a name tag or badge in the polling place. An offense is a Class C misdemeanor.
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If electioneering is going on …
• What if someone is electioneering? (§ 32.075) – Presiding judge has responsibility to ensure safe, confidential voting at polling place.
– Presiding judge may ask a disruptive person to leave.
• If a voter, they must be given the opportunity to vote before removal from polling place.
• What if they won’t stop?
– The presiding judge may summon a peace officer.
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Electioneering: Tips to Remember §§ 32.075(e), 61.003, 61.004
Electioneering is permitted outside the 100 foot distance markers – Unless person is using a prohibited sound amplification device, such as a megaphone or speaker system, within 1,000 feet of polling place.
– Unless reasonably restricted on the premises of a public building under NEW LAW (HB 259).
Presiding judge may not enforce outside of distance markers.
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Miscellaneous Polling Place Procedures
Wireless communications devices or mechanical or electronic devices to record sound or images may not be used within 100-feet of voting stations. Such devices include cell phones, digital phones, cameras, phone cameras, and sound recorders. Presiding election judge has authority to require persons to deactivate any such devices and to require persons who do not comply to leave the polling place. (§§ 61.014, 62.0111)
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Miscellaneous Polling Place Procedures (con’t)
— Exception: Election officer conducting officer’s official duties; — Exception: Use of election equipment necessary for the conduct of the election.
— Exception: Persons employed at the polling location while acting in course of person’s employment.
• Poll watcher may not be accepted for service if poll watcher has possession of a device capable of recording images or sound unless poll watcher agrees to disable or deactivate the device. (§ 33.051) • Media is also prohibited! (§ 61.001)
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