Texas Election Code Title 10, Chapter 162 - Regulating Participation In Party Affairs

• Texas Section 162.001 - Affiliation With Party Required
  (a) A person must be affiliated with a political party to be eligible: (1) to serve as a delegate to or otherwise participate in a...
• Texas Section 162.002 - Eligibility To Affiliate
  To be eligible to affiliate with a political party, a person must be: (1) a registered voter; or (2) eligible to vote a limited ballot...
• Texas Section 162.003 - Affiliation By Voting In Primary
  A person becomes affiliated with a political party when the person: (1) is accepted to vote in the party's primary election; or (2) applies for...
• Texas Section 162.004 - Affiliation Procedure: Voting At Polling Place
  (a) The signature roster for a primary election must state at the top of each page: "A person commits a criminal offense if the person...
• Texas Section 162.005 - Affiliation Procedure: Early Voting By Mail
  The early voting clerk in a general primary election shall provide an affiliation certificate with each early voting or limited ballot to be voted by...
• Texas Section 162.006 - Affiliation By Taking Oath
  A person becomes affiliated with a political party when the person takes an oath of affiliation as provided by Section 162.007 or 162.008. Acts 1985,...
• Texas Section 162.007 - Affiliation Procedure: Taking Oath At Precinct Convention
  (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...
• Texas Section 162.008 - Affiliation Procedure: Taking Oath Generally
  (a) A person may affiliate with a political party at any time by taking an oath of affiliation. (b) On request of a person desiring...
• Texas Section 162.009 - Contents Of Affiliation Certificate
  The authority issuing an affiliation certificate under this chapter shall enter on the certificate: (1) the name of the person to whom the certificate is...
• Texas Section 162.010 - Duration Of Affiliation
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a party affiliation expires at the end of the voting year in which the person became affiliated. (b)...
• Texas Section 162.011 - Presentation Of False Evidence Of Affiliation Prohibited
  (a) A person commits an offense if for the purpose of participating in a political party's convention or other party meeting or event the person...
• Texas Section 162.012 - Ineligibility To Affiliate With Another Party
  A person who is affiliated with a political party is ineligible to become affiliated with another political party during the same voting year. Acts 1985,...
• Texas Section 162.013 - Void Vote
  A vote in a primary election is void if the voter previously voted in a primary election of another party or participated in a convention...
• Texas Section 162.014 - Unlawful Participation In Party Affairs
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly votes or attempts to vote in a primary election or participates or attempts to participate...
• Texas Section 162.015 - Restrictions On Candidacy In General Election By Candidate Or Voter In Primary
  (a) A person who voted at a primary election or who was a candidate for nomination in a primary is ineligible for a place on...
• Texas Section 162.016 - Withdrawn Convention Nominee Ineligible For Another Nomination
  If a person nominated by a convention withdraws from the general election for state and county officers, the person is ineligible for a place on...
• Texas Section 162.017 - Preregistration
  (a) A political party holding a precinct convention may preregister attendees for the convention by electronic means or any other method the party may adopt...

Last modified: September 28, 2016