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.Tex. Elec. Code § 162.014
Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 828,Sec. 26, eff. 9/1/2017. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1986.