Tex. Election Code Section 162.014
Unlawful Participation in Party Affairs

(a)

A person commits an offense if the person knowingly votes or attempts to vote in a primary election or participates or attempts to participate in a convention of a party after having voted in a primary election or participated in a convention of another party during the same voting year.

(b)

Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), an offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

(c)

An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree if the conduct constituting an offense under Subsection (a) consists of knowingly voting in a primary election after having voted in a primary election of another party during the same voting year.

(d)

An offense under this section is a state jail felony if the conduct constituting an offense under Subsection (a) consists of knowingly attempting to vote in a primary election after having voted in a primary election of another party during the same voting year.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2017.

Source: Section 162.014 — Unlawful Participation in Party Affairs, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.­162.­htm#162.­014 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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