Tex. Election Code § 232.044
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 232.044, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 232.044. WITHDRAWAL IN NEW ELECTION.
Official statutory text
The provisions of this code governing withdrawal of candidates in the contested election apply to the new election ordered by a court in an election contest, except that:
(1) the district court shall set the deadline for withdrawal from the new election; and
(2) a political party's executive committee may not make a replacement nomination if the party's nominee withdraws from the new election.
(1) the district court shall set the deadline for withdrawal from the new election; and
(2) a political party's executive committee may not make a replacement nomination if the party's nominee withdraws from the new election.
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