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Tex. Elec. Code § 145.096

DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO APPEAR ON BALLOT

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 145.098(b), a candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot if the candidate:

(1) dies on or after the second day before the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot;

(2) is declared ineligible after 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot, in an election subject to Section 145.092(a);

(3) is declared ineligible after 5 p.m. of the 57th day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(b); or

(4) is declared ineligible after 5 p.m. of the 71st day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(f).

(b) If a candidate in a runoff election dies or is declared ineligible before runoff election day, the candidate's name shall be placed on the runoff election ballot.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.