Tex. Elec. Code § 141.033 · Subchapter B. APPLICATION FOR PLACE ON BALLOT

FILING APPLICATIONS FOR MORE THAN ONE OFFICE PROHIBITED.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) A candidate may not file applications for a place on the ballot for two or more offices that:

(1) are not permitted by law to be held by the same person; and

(2) are to be voted on at one or more elections held on the same day.

(b) If a person files more than one application for a place on a ballot in violation of this section, each application filed subsequent to the first one filed is invalid.

(c) This section does not apply to candidacy for the office of president or vice-president of the United States and another office.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.141.htm
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