Texas Statutes
Title 10 - Political Parties
Subtitle A - Introductory Provisions

Chapter 161 - General Provisions

Section 161.001. Inherent Powers - Sec. 161.001. INHERENT POWERS. A political party retains all of...

Section 161.002. Party Name - Sec. 161.002. PARTY NAME. (a) The name of a political...

Section 161.003. Methods of Making Nominations - Sec. 161.003. METHODS OF MAKING NOMINATIONS. A political party may...

Section 161.004. Party Document as Public Information - Sec. 161.004. PARTY DOCUMENT AS PUBLIC INFORMATION. If a document,...

Section 161.005. Eligibility for Party Offices Generally - Sec. 161.005. ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTY OFFICES GENERALLY. (a) To be...

Section 161.006. Holding Precinct Convention of More Than One Party in Same Building - Sec. 161.006. HOLDING PRECINCT CONVENTION OF MORE THAN ONE PARTY...

Section 161.007. Unlawfully Prohibiting Employee From Attending Political Convention - Sec. 161.007. UNLAWFULLY PROHIBITING EMPLOYEE FROM ATTENDING POLITICAL CONVENTION. (a)...

Section 161.008. Certification of Nominees for Statewide and District Offices for Placement on General Election Ballot - Sec. 161.008. CERTIFICATION OF NOMINEES FOR STATEWIDE AND DISTRICT OFFICES...

Section 161.009. Party Officer Subject to Mandamus - Sec. 161.009. PARTY OFFICER SUBJECT TO MANDAMUS. The performance of...

Section 161.010. Challenging Convention Delegates - Sec. 161.010. CHALLENGING CONVENTION DELEGATES. A political party holding a...

Chapter 162 - Regulating Participation in Party Affairs

Section 162.001. Affiliation With Party Required - Sec. 162.001. AFFILIATION WITH PARTY REQUIRED. (a) A person must...

Section 162.002. Eligibility to Affiliate - Sec. 162.002. ELIGIBILITY TO AFFILIATE. To be eligible to affiliate...

Section 162.003. Affiliation by Voting in Primary - Sec. 162.003. AFFILIATION BY VOTING IN PRIMARY. A person becomes...

Section 162.004. Affiliation Procedure: Voting at Polling Place - Sec. 162.004. AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: VOTING AT POLLING PLACE. (a) The...

Section 162.005. Affiliation Procedure: Early Voting by Mail - Sec. 162.005. AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: EARLY VOTING BY MAIL. Subject to...

Section 162.006. Affiliation by Taking Oath - Sec. 162.006. AFFILIATION BY TAKING OATH. A person becomes affiliated...

Section 162.007. Affiliation Procedure: Taking Oath at Precinct Convention - Sec. 162.007. AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: TAKING OATH AT PRECINCT CONVENTION. (a)...

Section 162.008. Affiliation Procedure: Taking Oath Generally - Sec. 162.008. AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: TAKING OATH GENERALLY. (a) A person...

Section 162.009. Contents of Affiliation Certificate - Sec. 162.009. CONTENTS OF AFFILIATION CERTIFICATE. The authority issuing an...

Section 162.010. Duration of Affiliation - Sec. 162.010. DURATION OF AFFILIATION. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 162.011. Presentation of False Evidence of Affiliation Prohibited - Sec. 162.011. PRESENTATION OF FALSE EVIDENCE OF AFFILIATION PROHIBITED. (a)...

Section 162.012. Ineligibility to Affiliate With Another Party - Sec. 162.012. INELIGIBILITY TO AFFILIATE WITH ANOTHER PARTY. A person...

Section 162.013. Void Vote - Sec. 162.013. VOID VOTE. A vote in a primary election...

Section 162.014. Unlawful Participation in Party Affairs - Sec. 162.014. UNLAWFUL PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS. (a) A person...

Section 162.015. Restrictions on Candidacy in General Election by Candidate or Voter in Primary - Sec. 162.015. RESTRICTIONS ON CANDIDACY IN GENERAL ELECTION BY CANDIDATE...

Section 162.016. Withdrawn Convention Nominee Ineligible for Another Nomination - Sec. 162.016. WITHDRAWN CONVENTION NOMINEE INELIGIBLE FOR ANOTHER NOMINATION. If...

Section 162.017. Preregistration - Sec. 162.017. PREREGISTRATION. (a) A political party holding a precinct...

Chapter 163 - Party Rules

Section 163.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 163.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to...

Section 163.002. Required Rules - Sec. 163.002. REQUIRED RULES. A political party that makes nominations...

Section 163.003. Consistency With State Law - Sec. 163.003. CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW. The rules adopted by...

Section 163.004. Adopting Rules - Sec. 163.004. ADOPTING RULES. (a) A political party's rules, including...

Section 163.005. Filing and Posting Rules; Effective Date - Sec. 163.005. FILING AND POSTING RULES; EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) The...

Section 163.006. Deadline for Filing Certain Rules - Sec. 163.006. DEADLINE FOR FILING CERTAIN RULES. (a) A rule...

Section 163.007. Rules Enforceable by Mandamus - Sec. 163.007. RULES ENFORCEABLE BY MANDAMUS. A rule on electoral...