Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ELECTION CODE |
Title 5. ELECTION SUPPLIES |
Chapter 52. BALLOT FORM, CONTENT, AND PREPARATION |
Subchapter A. PREPARING THE BALLOT |
Sec. 52.004. FAILURE TO PLACE CANDIDATE'S NAME ON BALLOT
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person is responsible for having the official ballot prepared for an election and knowingly fails to place on the ballot the name of a candidate who is entitled to have the candidate's name placed on the ballot.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.