Tex. Election Code § 145.094
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 145.094, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 145.094. WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME OMITTED FROM BALLOT.
Official statutory text
(a) The name of a candidate shall be omitted from the ballot if the candidate:
(1) dies before the second day before the date of the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
(2) withdraws or is declared ineligible within the time prescribed by Section 145.092(a), in an election subject to that section;
(3) withdraws or is declared ineligible within the time prescribed by Section 145.092(b), in an election subject to that section; or
(4) withdraws or is declared ineligible before 5 p.m. of the 71st day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(f).
(b) This section does not apply to a runoff election.
(1) dies before the second day before the date of the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
(2) withdraws or is declared ineligible within the time prescribed by Section 145.092(a), in an election subject to that section;
(3) withdraws or is declared ineligible within the time prescribed by Section 145.092(b), in an election subject to that section; or
(4) withdraws or is declared ineligible before 5 p.m. of the 71st day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(f).
(b) This section does not apply to a runoff election.
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