Sec. 192.004. ELECTOR CANDIDATE VACANCY

(a) An elector candidate may withdraw from the presidential election before presidential election day, by delivering written notice of the withdrawal to:

(1) the secretary of state; and

(2) the state chair of the party that nominated the elector candidate or to the independent or write-in candidate for president who named the elector candidate.

(b) If an elector candidate withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible before presidential election day, a replacement elector candidate may be named by the party that nominated the elector candidate or by the independent or write-in candidate for president who named the elector candidate.

(c) An independent or write-in candidate for president naming a replacement elector candidate must file with the secretary of state, before presidential election day, the name and residence address of the replacement candidate and a written statement, signed by the replacement candidate, that the person consents to be a candidate.

(d) If a political party's rules do not provide the manner of choosing a replacement elector candidate, the party's state executive committee may choose the replacement candidate. The state chair of a political party naming a replacement elector candidate must file with the secretary of state, before presidential election day, the name and residence address of the replacement candidate.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 200, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.