Tex. Election Code § 172.122

This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 172.122, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.

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§ 172.122. CERTIFICATION OF NOMINEES WHO FILED AN APPLICATION FOR A PLACE ON THE BALLOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR STATEWIDE AND DISTRICT OFFICES TO SECRETARY OF STATE.

Official statutory text

(a) The state chair shall certify by posting on the secretary of state's website the name and address of each primary candidate who is nominated for a statewide or district office. The state chair shall execute and file digitally with the secretary of state an affidavit certifying that the returns posted on the secretary of state's website are the correct and complete returns. The secretary of state shall adopt by rule a process to allow the chair to submit the affidavit digitally.

(b) Not later than the 20th day after the date the state canvass is completed, the state chair shall submit the certification to the secretary of state for posting on the secretary of state's Internet website.

(c) The secretary of state shall create a system for the state chair to submit the information to the secretary of state for posting on the secretary of state's Internet website under Subsection (b).

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