Texas Election Code Title 10, Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization

SUBCHAPTER A NOMINATING BY CONVENTION GENERALLY

• Texas Section 181.001 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter applies to a political party making nominations by convention except a party making nominations only for county and precinct offices under Chapter 182....
• Texas Section 181.002 - Nominating By Convention Authorized
  A political party may make nominations for the general election for state and county officers by convention, as provided by this chapter, if the party...
• Texas Section 181.003 - Nominating By Convention Required
  A political party must make nominations for the general election for state and county officers by convention, as provided by this chapter, if the party...
• Texas Section 181.004 - Party Organization
  (a) A political party making nominations under this chapter shall: (1) establish a state executive committee; (2) establish a county executive committee for each county...
• Texas Section 181.0041 - Registration Of Party Required
  A political party that intends to make nominations under this chapter for the general election for state and county officers must register with the secretary...
• Texas Section 181.005 - Qualifying For Placement On Ballot By Party Required To Nominate By Convention
  (a) To be entitled to have the names of its nominees placed on the general election ballot, a political party required to make nominations by...
• Texas Section 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...

SUBCHAPTER B APPLICATION FOR NOMINATION

• Texas Section 181.007 - Notice Of Qualifying Parties
  (a) The secretary of state shall deliver to the authority responsible for having the official general election ballot prepared in each county written notice of...
• Texas Section 181.031 - Application Required
  (a) To be entitled to be considered for nomination by a convention held under this chapter, a person must make an application for nomination. (b)...
• Texas Section 181.032 - Authority With Whom Application Filed
  (a) An application for nomination by a convention must be filed with: (1) the state chair, for a statewide or district office; or (2) the...
• Texas Section 181.033 - Filing Deadline
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an application for nomination by a convention must be filed not later than the regular deadline for candidates...

SUBCHAPTER C CONVENTIONS

• Texas Section 181.034 - Disposition Of Applications
  (a) A political party shall provide by rule for transmitting information regarding applications for nomination to the chair of the appropriate convention. (b) If an...
• Texas Section 181.061 - Conventions At Which Nominations Made
  (a) A political party nominating by convention must make its nominations for statewide offices at a state convention held on the second Saturday in April...
• Texas Section 181.062 - Number Of Delegates Selected
  A political party shall provide by rule for the number of delegates to be selected at the precinct conventions for the county conventions and the...
• Texas Section 181.063 - Hour And Place Of Precinct And County Conventions
  The hours and places for convening the county convention and precinct conventions held under this chapter shall be set as provided by Section 174.022 for...
• Texas Section 181.064 - Notice Of Hour And Place
  Notice of the hour and place for convening the county convention and precinct conventions held under this chapter shall be posted and delivered as provided...
• Texas Section 181.065 - Participant To Be Registered Voter
  To be eligible to participate in a precinct convention held under this chapter, a person must be a registered voter of the precinct or a...
• Texas Section 181.066 - Organizing Precinct Convention
  (a) Unless the state executive committee has adopted rules providing that the precinct chair is the permanent chair, the precinct chair is the temporary chair...
• Texas Section 181.067 - Delivery Of List Of Precinct Convention Participants
  (a) The chair of a precinct convention shall sign and make a copy of the list of precinct convention participants required by Section 181.066(b). (b)...
• Texas Section 181.068 - Party's Certification Of Nominees
  (a) The presiding officer of each convention held under this chapter shall certify in writing for placement on the general election ballot the name and...

Last modified: September 28, 2016