Texas Election Code Title 9, Chapter 142 - Independent Candidate In General Election For State And County Officers

• Texas Section 142.001 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter applies to an independent candidate for an office that is to be voted on at the general election for state and county officers...
• Texas Section 142.002 - Declaration Of Intent Required
  (a) To be entitled to a place on the general election ballot, a candidate must make a declaration of intent to run as an independent...
• Texas Section 142.0021 - Filing Declarations Of Intent For More Than One Office Prohibited
  (a) A candidate may not file declarations of intent for two or more offices that: (1) are not permitted by law to be held by...
• Texas Section 142.003 - Preservation Of Declaration
  The authority with whom a declaration of intent is required to be filed shall preserve each declaration filed with the authority until the day after...
• Texas Section 142.004 - Application Required
  (a) To be entitled to a place on the general election ballot, a candidate must make an application for a place on the ballot. (b)...
• Texas Section 142.005 - Authority With Whom Application Filed
  An application for a place on the ballot must be filed with: (1) the secretary of state, for a statewide or district office; or (2)...
• Texas Section 142.006 - Regular Filing Deadline For Application
  (a) An application for a place on the ballot must be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the 30th day after runoff primary election...
• Texas Section 142.007 - Number Of Petition Signatures Required
  The minimum number of signatures that must appear on a candidate's petition is: (1) for a statewide office, one percent of the total vote received...
• Texas Section 142.008 - Statement On Petition
  The following statement must appear at the top of each page of a candidate's petition: "I know the purpose of this petition. I have not...
• Texas Section 142.009 - Petition To Be Circulated After Primary
  A signature on a candidate's petition is invalid if the signer: (1) signed the petition on or before general primary election day or, if a...
• Texas Section 142.010 - Certification Of Candidates' Names For Placement On General Election Ballot
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the authority with whom applications for a place on the ballot are required to be filed shall certify...

Last modified: September 28, 2016