Tex. Election Code § 2.055
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 2.055, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 2.055. SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL VACANCY IN LEGISLATURE.
Official statutory text
(a) The secretary of state shall declare an unopposed candidate elected to fill a vacancy in the legislature if:
(1) each candidate for an office that is to appear on the ballot is unopposed; and
(2) no proposition is to appear on the ballot.
(b) The declaration under Subsection (a) shall be made on the second day after:
(1) the last date an application for a place on the special election ballot may be filed; or
(2) the date of a withdrawal, death, or final judgment of ineligibility of a candidate that causes the remaining candidate to be unopposed.
(c) After a declaration is made under Subsection (a), the election is not held. A copy of the declaration shall be posted on election day at each polling place that would have been used in the election.
(d) At the same time a declaration is made under Subsection (a), the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of election to each candidate in the same manner as provided for a candidate elected at the election.
(1) each candidate for an office that is to appear on the ballot is unopposed; and
(2) no proposition is to appear on the ballot.
(b) The declaration under Subsection (a) shall be made on the second day after:
(1) the last date an application for a place on the special election ballot may be filed; or
(2) the date of a withdrawal, death, or final judgment of ineligibility of a candidate that causes the remaining candidate to be unopposed.
(c) After a declaration is made under Subsection (a), the election is not held. A copy of the declaration shall be posted on election day at each polling place that would have been used in the election.
(d) At the same time a declaration is made under Subsection (a), the secretary of state shall issue a certificate of election to each candidate in the same manner as provided for a candidate elected at the election.
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