Tex. Election Code § 202.005
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 202.005, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 202.005. NOMINATION BY CONVENTION.
Official statutory text
A political party's nominee for an unexpired term must be nominated by the appropriate party convention if:
(1) the political party is making nominations by convention for the general election in which the vacancy is to be filled; and
(2) the vacancy occurs on or before the fourth day before the date the convention convenes.
(1) the political party is making nominations by convention for the general election in which the vacancy is to be filled; and
(2) the vacancy occurs on or before the fourth day before the date the convention convenes.
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