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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ELECTION CODE |
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Title 10. POLITICAL PARTIES |
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Subtitle B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION |
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Chapter 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS |
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Subchapter B. APPLICATION FOR PLACE ON BALLOT |
Sec. 172.028. STATE CHAIR'S CERTIFICATION OF NAMES FOR PLACEMENT ON GENERAL PRIMARY BALLOT
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the state chair shall certify in writing for placement on the general primary election ballot the name of each candidate who files with the chair an application that complies with Section 172.021(b).
(b) Not later than the 81st day before general primary election day, the state chair shall deliver the certification to the county chair in each county in which the candidate's name is to appear on the ballot.
(c) A candidate's name may not be certified:
(1) if, before delivering the certification, the state chair learns that the name is to be omitted from the ballot under Section 172.057; or
(2) for an office for which the candidate's application is invalid under Section 141.033.
(d) A copy of each certification shall be made available on request, without charge, to each newspaper published in this state and to each licensed radio and television station in this state.