Tex. Elec. Code § 2.001 · Subchapter A. ELECTION BY PLURALITY
PLURALITY VOTE REQUIRED.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Except as otherwise provided by law, to be elected to a public office, a candidate must receive more votes than any other candidate for the office.
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.2.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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