Sec. 162.015. RESTRICTIONS ON CANDIDACY IN GENERAL ELECTION BY CANDIDATE OR VOTER IN PRIMARY. (a) A person who voted at a primary election or who was a candidate for nomination in a primary is ineligible for a place on the ballot for the succeeding general election for state and county officers as:
(1) an independent candidate for an office for which a candidate was nominated in the primary; or
(2) the nominee of a political party other than the party holding the primary in which the person voted or was a candidate.
(b) A person who was a candidate for nomination in a primary election is ineligible for a place on the list of write-in candidates for the succeeding general election for state and county officers as a write-in candidate for the office sought by that candidate in the primary.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 363, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Introductory Provisions
Chapter 162 - Regulating Participation in Party Affairs
Section 162.001. Affiliation With Party Required
Section 162.002. Eligibility to Affiliate
Section 162.003. Affiliation by Voting in Primary
Section 162.004. Affiliation Procedure: Voting at Polling Place
Section 162.005. Affiliation Procedure: Early Voting by Mail
Section 162.006. Affiliation by Taking Oath
Section 162.007. Affiliation Procedure: Taking Oath at Precinct Convention
Section 162.008. Affiliation Procedure: Taking Oath Generally
Section 162.009. Contents of Affiliation Certificate
Section 162.010. Duration of Affiliation
Section 162.011. Presentation of False Evidence of Affiliation Prohibited
Section 162.012. Ineligibility to Affiliate With Another Party
Section 162.014. Unlawful Participation in Party Affairs
Section 162.015. Restrictions on Candidacy in General Election by Candidate or Voter in Primary
Section 162.016. Withdrawn Convention Nominee Ineligible for Another Nomination