Sec. 145.064. WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME OMITTED FROM BALLOT

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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a candidate's name shall be omitted from the ballot if the candidate withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or before the 74th day before election day.
(b) The name of a deceased candidate may not be omitted if:
(1) the decedent was the incumbent in the office for which the decedent was a candidate; or
(2) no other candidate's name is to appear on the ballot in the race in which the decedent was a candidate.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 104, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 , Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2005.

                    
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