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Texas Election Code - Chapter 141 Candidacy For Public Office GenerallyLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Election Code > Texas Election Code - Chapter 141 Candidacy For Public Office Generally Sponsored Links(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for, or elected or appointed to, a public elective office in this state, a person must: (1) ... (a) Instead of the six-month residence requirement prescribed by Section 141.001(a)(5), a candidate for or appointee to a precinct office must be a resident of ... (a) Different age and residence requirements from those prescribed by Section 141.001 may be prescribed by a home-rule city charter, but a minimum age may ... In determining whether a person has complied with a residence requirement under Section 141.001 or 141.003 for a city office, residence in an area while ... A candidate's application for a place on the ballot that is required by this code must: (1) be in writing; (2) be signed and sworn ... (a) On the filing of an application for a place on the ballot, the authority with whom the application is filed shall review the application ... (a) A candidate may not file applications for a place on the ballot for two or more offices that: (1) are not permitted by law ... (a) An application for a place on the ballot may not be challenged for compliance with the applicable requirements as to form, content, and procedure ... An application for a place on the ballot, including an accompanying petition, is public information immediately on its filing. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, ... The authority with whom an application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed shall preserve each application filed with the authority ... An authority responsible for certifying the names of candidates for placement on the ballot shall certify each name in the form indicated on the candidate's ... (a) A filing fee paid in connection with a candidate's application for a place on the ballot shall be refunded to the candidate or to ... In addition to the other statements and spaces for entering information that appear on an officially prescribed form for an application for a place on ... This subchapter applies to each petition filed in connection with a candidate's application for a place on the ballot. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, ... (a) To be valid, a petition must: (1) be timely filed with the appropriate authority; (2) contain valid signatures in the number required by this ... (a) A signature on a petition is valid if: (1) except as otherwise provided by this code, the signer, at the time of signing, is ... A person circulating a petition must: (1) before permitting a person to sign, point out and read to the person each statement pertaining to the ... (a) Each part of a petition must include an affidavit of the person who circulated it stating that the person: (1) pointed out and read ... (a) A person may not sign the petition of more than one candidate for the same office in the same election. (b) The following statement ... (a) A signature may be withdrawn from a petition as provided by this section. (b) To withdraw a signature, the signer must request that the ... (a) On request of the secretary of state, a voter registrar shall verify the voter registration status of a signer of a petition filed with ... If signatures on a petition that is required to contain more than 1,000 signatures are to be verified by the authority with whom the candidate's ... (a) If, since the most recent gubernatorial general election, a district or precinct from which an officer of the federal, state, or county government is ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |