Tex. Elec. Code § 146.031 · Subchapter B. WRITE-IN CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS
LIST OF WRITE-IN CANDIDATES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall prepare a list containing the name of each write-in candidate certified to the authority. Each name must appear in the form in which it is certified.
(b) A write-in candidate's name may not appear more than once on the list.
(c) Copies of the list shall be distributed to the counting officers in the election for use in counting write-in votes.
(d) Copies of the list shall be distributed to each presiding election judge with the other election supplies. A copy of the list shall be posted in each polling place at each place where an instruction poster is required to be posted.
(e) The authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall retain a copy of the list and preserve it for the period for preserving the precinct election records.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 62, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.146.htm
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