(a) A group of registered voters may appoint watchers on behalf of a write-in candidate in an election in which a declaration of write-in candidacy is not required to be filed. (b) To be eligible to participate in the appointment under this section of a watcher for a precinct polling place, a person must be a registered voter of the precinct. To be eligible to participate in the appointment under this section of a watcher for an early voting polling place, the meeting place of an early voting ballot board, or a central counting station, a person must be a registered voter of the territory served by that facility. (c) The minimum number of voters required to make an appointment under this section is the lesser of: (1) 15; or (2) five percent of the registered voters of the appropriate territory as determined from the list of registered voters to be used for the election.
§ § 33.004APPOINTMENT FOR WRITE-IN CANDIDATE
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