Texas Election Code - Section 181.006. Petition Supplementing Precinct Convention Lists
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§ 181.006. PETITION SUPPLEMENTING PRECINCT CONVENTION
LISTS. (a) If the number of precinct convention participants
indicated on the lists filed under Section 181.005 is fewer than the
number required for the political party to qualify to have the names
of its nominees placed on the ballot, the party may qualify by
filing a petition as provided by this section.
(b) A petition must:
(1) satisfy the requirements prescribed by Section
141.062 for a candidate's petition;
(2) contain signatures in a number that, when added to
the number of convention participants indicated on the lists,
equals at least one percent of the total number of votes received by
all candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial
general election; and
(3) be filed with the secretary of state by the state
chair before the deadline for filing the lists of precinct
convention participants.
(c) Except as provided by this section, the petition is
subject to the applicable provisions of Subchapter C, Chapter 141.
(d) A signer's voter registration is not required to be in
any particular territory.
(e) A copy of a request for the withdrawal of a signature
must be delivered to the state chair at the time the withdrawal
request is filed.
(f) The following statement must appear at the top of each
page of the petition: "I know that the purpose of this petition is
to entitle the _______ Party to have its nominees placed on the
ballot in the general election for state and county officers. I
have not voted in a primary election or participated in a convention
of another party during this voting year, and I understand that I
become ineligible to do so by signing this petition. I understand
that signing more than one petition to entitle a party to have its
nominees placed on the general election ballot in the same election
is prohibited."
(g) A person who has voted in a primary election or
participated in a convention of another party during the voting
year in which the petition is circulated is ineligible to sign the
petition, and the signature of such a person is invalid.
(h) A signature is invalid if the person signed the petition
subsequent to signing a petition to qualify another political party
to have the names of its nominees placed on the ballot for the same
election, whether the other party is circulating the petition under
this chapter or under Chapter 182.
(i) On signing the petition, the person becomes ineligible
to affiliate with another party during the voting year in which the
petition is signed.
(j) The petition may not be circulated until after the date
of the party's precinct conventions held under this chapter. A
signature obtained on or before that date is invalid.
(k) The secretary of state shall post a notice of the
receipt of a petition on the bulletin board used for posting notice
of meetings of state governmental bodies. Any person may challenge
the validity of the petition by filing a written statement of the
challenge with the secretary of state not later than the fifth day
after the date notice is posted. The secretary of state may verify
the petition signatures regardless of whether the petition is
timely challenged.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, § 189, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts
1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, § 64, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Section: 174.097 181.001 181.002 181.003 181.004 181.0041 181.005 181.006 181.007 181.031 181.032 181.033 181.034 181.061 181.062
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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