Tex. Election Code § 172.025
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 172.025, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 172.025. NUMBER OF PETITION SIGNATURES REQUIRED.
Official statutory text
The minimum number of signatures that must appear on the petition authorized by Section 172.021(b) is:
(1) 5,000, for a statewide office; or
(2) for a district, county, or precinct office, the lesser of:
(A) 500; or
(B) two percent of the total vote received in the district, county, or precinct, as applicable, by all the candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election, unless that number is under 50, in which case the required number of signatures is the lesser of:
(i) 50; or
(ii) 20 percent of that total vote.
(1) 5,000, for a statewide office; or
(2) for a district, county, or precinct office, the lesser of:
(A) 500; or
(B) two percent of the total vote received in the district, county, or precinct, as applicable, by all the candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election, unless that number is under 50, in which case the required number of signatures is the lesser of:
(i) 50; or
(ii) 20 percent of that total vote.
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