Texas Election Code Title 9, Chapter 145 - Withdrawal, Death And Ineligibility Of Candidate

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 145.001 - Method For Withdrawal As Candidate
  (a) To withdraw from an election, a candidate whose name is to appear on the ballot must request that the candidate's name be omitted from...
• Texas Section 145.002 - Procedure For Omitting Deceased Candidate's Name From Ballot
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a candidate's name is to be omitted from the ballot under this code because the candidate has...
• Texas Section 145.003 - Administrative Declaration Of Ineligibility
  (a) Except for a judicial action in which a candidate's eligibility is in issue, a candidate may be declared ineligible only as provided by this...
• Texas Section 145.004 - Final Judgment Required For Adjudication Of Ineligibility
  A candidate's entitlement to a place on the ballot or to a certificate of election is not affected by a judicial determination that the candidate...

SUBCHAPTER B PARTY NOMINEE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS

• Texas Section 145.005 - Effect Of Votes Cast For Deceased, Withdrawn, Or Ineligible Candidate
  (a) If the name of a deceased, withdrawn, or ineligible candidate appears on the ballot under this chapter, the votes cast for the candidate shall...
• Texas Section 145.031 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  This subchapter applies to a candidate who is a political party's nominee in the general election for state and county officers except a candidate for...
• Texas Section 145.032 - Deadline For Withdrawal
  A candidate may not withdraw from the general election after the 74th day before election day. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 145.033 - Authority With Whom Withdrawal Request Filed
  A candidate must file a withdrawal request with: (1) the secretary of state, for a statewide or district office; or (2) the authority responsible for...
• Texas Section 145.034 - Copy Of Withdrawal Request Delivered To Executive Committee
  At the same time a withdrawal request is filed, a candidate must deliver a copy of the request to the chair of the executive committee...
• Texas Section 145.035 - Withdrawn, Deceased, Or Ineligible Candidate's Name Omitted From Ballot
  A candidate's name shall be omitted from the ballot if the candidate withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or before the 74th day before...
• Texas Section 145.036 - Filling Vacancy In Nomination
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), if a candidate's name is to be omitted from the ballot under Section 145.035, the political party's state,...
• Texas Section 145.037 - Certification Of Replacement Nominee For Placement On Ballot
  (a) For the name of a replacement nominee to be placed on the general election ballot, the chair of the executive committee making the replacement...
• Texas Section 145.038 - Failure Of District Executive Committee To Make Replacement Nomination
  (a) If a political party's district executive committee fails to nominate a replacement candidate to fill a vacancy in a nomination for a district office,...

SUBCHAPTER C INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS

• Texas Section 145.039 - Deceased Or Ineligible Candidate's Name To Appear On General Election Ballot
  If a candidate dies or is declared ineligible after the 74th day before election day, the candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot. Acts...
• Texas Section 145.061 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  This subchapter applies to an independent candidate in the general election for state and county officers except a candidate for president or vice-president of the...
• Texas Section 145.062 - Deadline For Withdrawal
  A candidate may not withdraw from the general election after the 74th day before election day. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff....
• Texas Section 145.063 - Authority With Whom Withdrawal Request Filed
  A candidate must file a withdrawal request with the authority with whom the candidate's application for a place on the ballot is required to be...
• Texas Section 145.064 - Withdrawn, Deceased, Or Ineligible Candidate's Name Omitted From Ballot
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a candidate's name shall be omitted from the ballot if the candidate withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible...

SUBCHAPTER D CANDIDATE IN ELECTION OTHER THAN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS

• Texas Section 145.065 - Deceased Or Ineligible Candidate's Name To Appear On General Election Ballot
  If a candidate dies or is declared ineligible after the 74th day before election day, the candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot. Acts...
• Texas Section 145.091 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  This subchapter applies to a candidate in a general or special election, except the general election for state and county officers. Acts 1985, 69th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 145.092 - Deadline For Withdrawal
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a candidate may not withdraw from an election after 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the...
• Texas Section 145.093 - Authority With Whom Withdrawal Request Filed
  (a) A candidate must file a withdrawal request with the authority with whom applications for a place on the ballot are required to be filed....
• Texas Section 145.094 - Withdrawn, Deceased, Or Ineligible Candidate's Name Omitted From Ballot
  (a) The name of a candidate shall be omitted from the ballot if the candidate: (1) dies before the second day before the date of...
• Texas Section 145.095 - Effect Of Withdrawal From Runoff
  If a runoff candidate withdraws, the remaining candidate is considered to be elected and the runoff election for that office is not held. Acts 1985,...
• Texas Section 145.096 - Deceased Or Ineligible Candidate's Name To Appear On Ballot
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot if the candidate: (1) dies on or after the...
• Texas Section 145.097 - Home-rule City Candidate
  Provisions governing the withdrawal, death, or ineligibility of candidates for city offices prescribed by a home-rule city charter supersede this chapter to the extent of...

Last modified: September 28, 2016