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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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ELECTION CODE |
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Title 9. CANDIDATES |
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Chapter 145. WITHDRAWAL, DEATH AND INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE |
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Subchapter D. CANDIDATE IN ELECTION OTHER THAN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS |
Sec. 145.094. WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME OMITTED FROM BALLOT
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(a) The name of a candidate shall be omitted from the ballot if the candidate:
(1) dies before the second day before the date of the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
(2) withdraws or is declared ineligible within the time prescribed by Section 145.092(a), in an election subject to that section;
(3) withdraws or is declared ineligible within the time prescribed by Section 145.092(b), in an election subject to that section; or
(4) withdraws or is declared ineligible before 5 p.m. of the 71st day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(f).
(b) This section does not apply to a runoff election.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.60; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 925, Sec. 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 , Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 , Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2011.