Tex. Elec. Code § 162.003 · Chapter 162. REGULATING PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS
AFFILIATION BY VOTING IN PRIMARY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person becomes affiliated with a political party when the person:
(1) is accepted to vote in the party's primary election; or
(2) returns an early voting or limited primary ballot voted by mail.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.62; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.162.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 6456071f03392cceb68f96285c8f107ec3f6b60107c6706a97cdf8266cc8fbfe
- 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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