Tex. Election Code § 124.003
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 124.003, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 124.003. SEPARATE LISTING OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATES; BLOC VOTING.
Official statutory text
(a) Any unopposed candidates may be listed separately under the heading "Uncontested Races" on a voting system ballot.
(b) In an election in which the ballots indicate political party alignment, the party alignment of the candidates listed under the uncontested races heading shall be indicated next to the candidate's name.
(c) Candidates listed under the uncontested races heading may be arranged in a manner requiring voting on them as one or more blocs, but only if an additional ballot would otherwise be necessary to accommodate all the candidates and propositions to be listed.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 404 (H.B. 25), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2020.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 349 (S.B. 1089), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
(b) In an election in which the ballots indicate political party alignment, the party alignment of the candidates listed under the uncontested races heading shall be indicated next to the candidate's name.
(c) Candidates listed under the uncontested races heading may be arranged in a manner requiring voting on them as one or more blocs, but only if an additional ballot would otherwise be necessary to accommodate all the candidates and propositions to be listed.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 404 (H.B. 25), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2020.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 349 (S.B. 1089), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2023.
Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site
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