Texas Election Code Title 9, Chapter 143 - Candidate For City Office

• Texas Section 143.001 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter applies to a candidate for a city office. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
• Texas Section 143.002 - Independent Candidacy Required
  Except as provided by Section 143.003, a candidate's name may appear on the ballot only as an independent. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec....
• Texas Section 143.003 - Partisan Candidacy For Home-rule City Office Authorized
  (a) A city charter may authorize nominations of partisan candidates by political organizations for an office of a home-rule city. Implementing regulations may be prescribed...
• Texas Section 143.004 - Application Required
  Subject to Section 143.005, to be entitled to a place on the ballot, a candidate must make an application for a place on the ballot....
• Texas Section 143.005 - Application For Home-rule City Office
  (a) A city charter may prescribe requirements in connection with a candidate's application for a place on the ballot for an office of a home-rule...
• Texas Section 143.006 - Authority With Whom Application Filed
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), an application for a place on the ballot must be filed with the city secretary. (b)...
• Texas Section 143.007 - Filing Period
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this code, an application for a place on the ballot must be filed not later than 5 p.m. of...
• Texas Section 143.008 - Extended Filing Deadline For Certain Offices
  (a) This section applies only to an office with a four-year term. (b) If at the deadline prescribed by Section 143.007 no candidate has filed...

Last modified: September 28, 2016