Tex. Elec. Code § 146.001 · Subchapter A. WRITE-INS GENERALLY
WRITE-IN VOTES PERMITTED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as otherwise provided by law, if the name of the person for whom a voter desires to vote does not appear on the ballot, the voter may write in the name of that person.
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.146.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 b1da6d39832dbbcd7b52329e92a44e3a47783d830e603af38b6b1bb626e9858e
- 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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