Except for a judicial action in which a candidate's eligibility is in issue, after the polls close on primary election day and before the final canvass for the office sought by the candidate is completed, a candidate for nomination may be declared ineligible only by the presiding officer of the primary's final canvassing authority for that office.
Tex. Elec. Code § 172.053
ADMINISTRATIVE DECLARATION OF INELIGIBILITY AFTER POLLS CLOSE
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff
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