Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ELECTION CODE |
Title 9. CANDIDATES |
Chapter 141. CANDIDACY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE GENERALLY |
Subchapter C. PETITION |
Sec. 141.066. SIGNING MORE THAN ONE PETITION PROHIBITED
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(a) A person may not sign the petition of more than one candidate for the same office in the same election.
(b) The following statement must appear at the top of each page of a petition: "Signing the petition of more than one candidate for the same office in the same election is prohibited."
(c) A signature on a candidate's petition is invalid if the signer signed the petition subsequent to signing a petition of another candidate for the same office in the same election.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 94, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.