Tex. Election Code § 277.0024
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 277.0024, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 277.0024. COMPUTING NUMBER OF SIGNATURES.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if the minimum number of signatures required for a petition is determined by a computation applied to the number of registered voters of a particular territory, voters whose names appear on the list of registered voters with the notation "S", or a similar notation, shall be excluded from the computation.
(b) The signature of a voter whose name appears on the list of registered voters with the notation "S", or a similar notation, is considered valid if the voter:
(1) is otherwise eligible to vote in the territory; and
(2) provides a residence address located in the territory.
(b) The signature of a voter whose name appears on the list of registered voters with the notation "S", or a similar notation, is considered valid if the voter:
(1) is otherwise eligible to vote in the territory; and
(2) provides a residence address located in the territory.
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