Texas Election Code - Section 192.032. Independent Candidate's Entitlement To Place On Ballot
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§ 192.032. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE'S ENTITLEMENT TO PLACE
ON BALLOT. (a) To be entitled to a place on the general election
ballot, an independent candidate for president of the United States
must make an application for a place on the ballot.
(b) An application must:
(1) comply with Section 141.031, except that:
(A) the application is not required to include a
candidate's occupation, length of residence, or statement that the
candidate is aware of the nepotism law; and
(B) the application must contain the applicable
information required by Section 141.031(4) with respect to both the
presidential candidate and the running mate;
(2) state the names and residence addresses of
presidential elector candidates in a number equal to the number of
presidential electors that federal law allocates to the state; and
(3) be accompanied by:
(A) a petition that satisfies the requirements
prescribed by Section 141.062; and
(B) written statements signed by the
vice-presidential candidate and each of the presidential elector
candidates indicating that each of them consents to be a candidate.
(c) The application must be filed with the secretary of
state not later than the second Monday in May of the presidential
election year.
(d) The minimum number of signatures that must appear on the
petition is one percent of the total vote received in the state by
all candidates for president in the most recent presidential
general election.
(e) A petition signer's voter registration is not required
to be in any particular territory.
(f) The following statement must appear at the top of each
page of the petition: "I did not vote this year in a presidential
primary election."
(g) A signature on the petition is invalid if the signer:
(1) signs the petition on or before the date of the
presidential primary election in the presidential election year;
or
(2) voted in a presidential primary election during
the presidential election year.
(h) A candidate in a presidential primary election is
ineligible to be an independent candidate for president or
vice-president of the United States in the succeeding general
election.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by
Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, § 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 427, § 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Section: 192.003 192.004 192.005 192.006 192.007 192.008 192.031 192.032 192.033 192.034 192.035 192.036 192.037 192.061 192.062
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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