Texas Election Code Title 16, Chapter 277 - Petition Prescribed By Law Outside Code

• Texas Section 277.001 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter applies to a petition authorized or required to be filed under a law outside this code in connection with an election. Added by...
• Texas Section 277.002 - Validity Of Petition Signatures
  (a) For a petition signature to be valid, a petition must: (1) contain in addition to the signature: (A) the signer's printed name; (B) the...
• Texas Section 277.0021 - Meaning Of Qualified Voter
  A reference in a law outside this code to "qualified voter" in the context of eligibility to sign a petition means "registered voter." Added by...
• Texas Section 277.0022 - Withdrawal Of Signature
  (a) A signer may not withdraw the signature from a petition on or after the date the petition is received by the authority with whom...
• Texas Section 277.0023 - Supplementing Petition
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a petition may not be supplemented, modified, or amended on or after the date it is received by...
• Texas Section 277.0024 - Computing Number Of Signatures
  If the minimum number of signatures required for a petition is determined by a computation applied to the number of registered voters of a particular...
• Texas Section 277.003 - Verifying Signatures By Statistical Sample
  If a petition contains more than 1,000 signatures, the city secretary or other authority responsible for verifying the signatures may use any reasonable statistical sampling...
• Texas Section 277.004 - Effect Of City Charter Or Ordinance
  Any requirements for the validity or verification of petition signatures in addition to those prescribed by this chapter that are prescribed by a home-rule city...

Last modified: September 28, 2016