Tex. Elec. Code § 161.002 · Chapter 161. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PARTY NAME.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The name of a political party as printed on the ballot for an election may not consist of more than three words.
(b) A party may not select for its name a name previously assumed by another existing party.
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.161.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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