Tex. Elec. Code § 144.006 · Chapter 144. CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OTHER THAN COUNTY OR CITY
FILING DEADLINE FOR DECLARED WRITE-IN CANDIDATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the date an application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed in an election in which:
(1) the filing deadline for an application for a place on the ballot is the 62nd day before election day; and
(2) write-in votes may be counted only for names appearing on a list of declared write-in candidates.
(b) For an election to be held on a uniform election date, the day of the filing deadline is the 74th day before election day.
(c) A write-in candidate may not withdraw from the election after the 71st day before election day.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1316, Sec. 35, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 2339), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1703), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.144.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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