Texas Election Code 83.012 – Student Early Voting Clerks
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(a) The early voting clerk may appoint student early voting clerks as necessary to assist the early voting clerk.
(b) A person is eligible to serve as a student early voting clerk under this section if the person is ineligible to serve as a clerk of an election precinct under Section 32.051(c) but meets the eligibility requirements to be a student election clerk under Section 32.0511.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 83.012
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) A student early voting clerk serving under this section:
(1) is entitled to compensation under Section 83.052 in the same manner as other early voting clerks; and
(2) when communicating with a voter who cannot communicate in English, may communicate with the voter in a language the voter and the clerk understand as authorized by Subchapter B, Chapter 61.
(d) Not more than four student early voting clerks may serve at an early voting polling place.
(e) The secretary of state may initiate or assist in the development of a statewide program promoting the use of student early voting clerks appointed under this section.