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Tex. Elec. Code § 162.007

AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: TAKING OATH AT PRECINCT CONVENTION

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

(a) This section applies only to a precinct convention held under this title by a political party making nominations by convention.

(b) On admitting a person for participation in the convention, the temporary chair shall administer to the person the following oath: "I swear that I have not voted in a primary election or participated in a convention of another party during this voting year. I hereby affiliate myself with the __________ Party."

(c) After administering the oath, the temporary chair shall request the person's registration certificate and stamp the party's name in the party affiliation space unless the party name has already been stamped in the space. If the person does not present a registration certificate, the temporary chair on the person's request shall issue the person an affiliation certificate.

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