Tex. Elec. Code § 162.007 · Chapter 162. REGULATING PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS
AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: TAKING OATH AT PRECINCT CONVENTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a precinct convention held under this title by a political party making nominations by convention.
(b) On admitting a person for participation in the convention, the temporary chair shall administer to the person the following oath: "I swear that I have not voted in a primary election or participated in a convention of another party during this voting year. I hereby affiliate myself with the __________ Party."
(c) After administering the oath, the temporary chair shall request the person's registration certificate and stamp the party's name in the party affiliation space unless the party name has already been stamped in the space. If the person does not present a registration certificate, the temporary chair on the person's request shall issue the person an affiliation certificate.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 108, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.162.htm
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