Texas Statutes
Title 10 - Political Parties
Subtitle B - Parties Nominating by Primary Election

Section 171.0251. Temporary Replacement of Committee Member in Military - Sec. 171.0251. TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBER IN MILITARY. (a)...

Section 171.026. Proxy Not Allowed - Sec. 171.026. PROXY NOT ALLOWED. A person may not participate...

Section 171.027. Temporary Committee - Sec. 171.027. TEMPORARY COMMITTEE. (a) If a county executive committee...

Section 171.028. County Chair Transition - Sec. 171.028. COUNTY CHAIR TRANSITION. (a) Not later than the...

Section 171.029. Removal of Precinct Chair or County Chair for Abandonment of Office - Sec. 171.029. REMOVAL OF PRECINCT CHAIR OR COUNTY CHAIR FOR...

Subchapter C. District Executive Committee

Section 171.051. District Executive Committee Established - Sec. 171.051. DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED. (a) For each district...

Section 171.052. Committee Composition: District Coterminous With County - Sec. 171.052. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: DISTRICT COTERMINOUS WITH COUNTY. The district...

Section 171.053. Committee Composition: District Comprising Part of a County; First Meeting - Sec. 171.053. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: DISTRICT COMPRISING PART OF A COUNTY;...

Section 171.054. Committee Composition: District Situated in More Than One County; First Meeting - Sec. 171.054. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: DISTRICT SITUATED IN MORE THAN ONE...

Subchapter D. Precinct Executive Committee

Section 171.071. Precinct Executive Committee Established - Sec. 171.071. PRECINCT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED. (a) For each commissioners...

Section 171.072. Committee Composition: Precinct With Three or More Election Precincts; First Meeting - Sec. 171.072. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: PRECINCT WITH THREE OR MORE ELECTION...

Section 171.073. Committee Composition: Precinct With Fewer Than Three Election Precincts - Sec. 171.073. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: PRECINCT WITH FEWER THAN THREE ELECTION...

Chapter 172 - Primary Elections

Subchapter A. Nominating by Primary Election Generally

Section 172.001. Nominating by Primary Election Required - Sec. 172.001. NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION REQUIRED. Except as otherwise...

Section 172.002. Nominating by Primary Election Authorized - Sec. 172.002. NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION AUTHORIZED. (a) Except as...

Section 172.003. Majority Vote Required - Sec. 172.003. MAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED. Except as otherwise provided by...

Section 172.004. Runoff Primary - Sec. 172.004. RUNOFF PRIMARY. (a) If no candidate for nomination...

Subchapter B. Application for Place on Ballot

Section 172.021. Application Required - Sec. 172.021. APPLICATION REQUIRED. (a) To be entitled to a...

Section 172.022. Authority With Whom Application Filed - Sec. 172.022. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPLICATION FILED. (a) An application...

Section 172.0221. Notice to Candidate Regarding Posting of Certain Information - Sec. 172.0221. NOTICE TO CANDIDATE REGARDING POSTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION....

Section 172.0222. Review of Application; Notice to Candidate - Sec. 172.0222. REVIEW OF APPLICATION; NOTICE TO CANDIDATE. (a) If...

Section 172.0223. Limitation on Challenge of Application - Sec. 172.0223. LIMITATION ON CHALLENGE OF APPLICATION. (a) If the...

Section 172.023. Regular Filing Period - Sec. 172.023. REGULAR FILING PERIOD. (a) An application for a...

Section 172.024. Filing Fee - Sec. 172.024. FILING FEE. (a) The filing fee for a...

Section 172.025. Number of Petition Signatures Required - Sec. 172.025. NUMBER OF PETITION SIGNATURES REQUIRED. The minimum number...

Section 172.026. Restriction on Petition Signer - Sec. 172.026. RESTRICTION ON PETITION SIGNER. On signing a petition...

Section 172.027. Statement on Petition - Sec. 172.027. STATEMENT ON PETITION. The following statement must appear...

Section 172.028. State Chair's Certification of Names for Placement on General Primary Ballot - Sec. 172.028. STATE CHAIR'S CERTIFICATION OF NAMES FOR PLACEMENT ON...

Section 172.029. Submission and Compilation of Information Pertaining to Candidates - Sec. 172.029. SUBMISSION AND COMPILATION OF INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CANDIDATES....

Subchapter C. Withdrawal, Death, and Ineligibility of Candidate

Section 172.051. Withdrawal, Death, or Ineligibility Generally - Sec. 172.051. WITHDRAWAL, DEATH, OR INELIGIBILITY GENERALLY. With respect to...

Section 172.052. Withdrawal From General Primary - Sec. 172.052. WITHDRAWAL FROM GENERAL PRIMARY. (a) A candidate for...

Section 172.053. Administrative Declaration of Ineligibility After Polls Close - Sec. 172.053. ADMINISTRATIVE DECLARATION OF INELIGIBILITY AFTER POLLS CLOSE. Except...

Section 172.054. Extended Filing Deadline - Sec. 172.054. EXTENDED FILING DEADLINE. (a) The deadline for filing...

Section 172.055. Public Notice of Extended Filing - Sec. 172.055. PUBLIC NOTICE OF EXTENDED FILING. (a) If the...

Section 172.056. Supplemental List of Candidates - Sec. 172.056. SUPPLEMENTAL LIST OF CANDIDATES. (a) If the deadline...

Section 172.057. Withdrawn, Deceased, or Ineligible Candidate's Name Omitted From General Primary Ballot - Sec. 172.057. WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME OMITTED FROM...

Section 172.058. Deceased or Ineligible Candidate's Name to Appear on General Primary Ballot - Sec. 172.058. DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO APPEAR ON...

Section 172.059. Withdrawal From Runoff Primary - Sec. 172.059. WITHDRAWAL FROM RUNOFF PRIMARY. (a) A candidate for...

Section 172.060. Deceased or Ineligible Candidate's Name to Appear on Runoff Primary Ballot - Sec. 172.060. DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO APPEAR ON...

Section 172.061. Candidate for Party Office - Sec. 172.061. CANDIDATE FOR PARTY OFFICE. (a) Except for Sections...

Subchapter D. Ballot

Section 172.081. Primary Committee - Sec. 172.081. PRIMARY COMMITTEE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection...

Section 172.082. Order of Names on General Primary Ballot: Regular Drawing - Sec. 172.082. ORDER OF NAMES ON GENERAL PRIMARY BALLOT: REGULAR...

Section 172.083. Review and Approval of Ballot by Primary Committee - Sec. 172.083. REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF BALLOT BY PRIMARY COMMITTEE....

Section 172.084. Order of Names on Runoff Primary Ballot - Sec. 172.084. ORDER OF NAMES ON RUNOFF PRIMARY BALLOT. (a)...

Section 172.085. Name of Party on Ballot - Sec. 172.085. NAME OF PARTY ON BALLOT. The name of...

Section 172.086. Pledge on Ballot - Sec. 172.086. PLEDGE ON BALLOT. The following pledge shall be...

Section 172.087. Referendum Ordered by State Executive Committee - Sec. 172.087. REFERENDUM ORDERED BY STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The state...

Section 172.088. Voter Petition for Referendum - Sec. 172.088. VOTER PETITION FOR REFERENDUM. (a) Voters by petition...

Section 172.089. Order of Party Offices on Ballot - Sec. 172.089. ORDER OF PARTY OFFICES ON BALLOT. The party...

Section 172.090. Separate Ballot for Office of Precinct Chair - Sec. 172.090. SEPARATE BALLOT FOR OFFICE OF PRECINCT CHAIR. (a)...

Subchapter E. Conduct of Election

Section 172.111. Conduct of Primary Election Generally - Sec. 172.111. CONDUCT OF PRIMARY ELECTION GENERALLY. (a) With respect...

Section 172.1111. Posting Notice of Conventions Required - Sec. 172.1111. POSTING NOTICE OF CONVENTIONS REQUIRED. (a) Before the...

Section 172.1112. Notice of Election - Sec. 172.1112. NOTICE OF ELECTION. (a) The county clerk shall...

Section 172.1113. County Chair Permitted in Polling Place - Sec. 172.1113. COUNTY CHAIR PERMITTED IN POLLING PLACE. (a) In...

Section 172.1114. Distribution of Notice of Conventions - Sec. 172.1114. DISTRIBUTION OF NOTICE OF CONVENTIONS. (a) A political...

Section 172.112. Write-in Voting - Sec. 172.112. WRITE-IN VOTING. Write-in voting in a primary election...

Section 172.113. Unofficial Tabulation of Precinct Results - Sec. 172.113. UNOFFICIAL TABULATION OF PRECINCT RESULTS. (a) The authority...

Section 172.114. Disposition of Poll List - Sec. 172.114. DISPOSITION OF POLL LIST. The general custodian of...

Section 172.1141. List of Registered Voters for Convention - Sec. 172.1141. LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS FOR CONVENTION. (a) A...

Section 172.115. Disposition of List of Registered Voters - Sec. 172.115. DISPOSITION OF LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS. (a) Subject...

Section 172.116. Local Canvass Relating to Candidates Who Filed an Application for a Place on the Ballot in Accordance With the General Requirements - Sec. 172.116. LOCAL CANVASS RELATING TO CANDIDATES WHO FILED AN...

Section 172.117. Certification of Nominees Who Filed an Application for a Place on the Ballot in Accordance With the General Requirements for County and Precinct Offices for Placement on General Election Ballot - Sec. 172.117. CERTIFICATION OF NOMINEES WHO FILED AN APPLICATION FOR...

Section 172.118. Notice of Persons Elected as Party Officers - Sec. 172.118. NOTICE OF PERSONS ELECTED AS PARTY OFFICERS. (a)...

Section 172.120. State Canvass Relating to Candidates Who Filed an Application for a Place on the Ballot in Accordance With the General Requirements - Sec. 172.120. STATE CANVASS RELATING TO CANDIDATES WHO FILED AN...

Section 172.121. Certification of Candidates for Statewide and District Offices for Placement on Runoff Ballot - Sec. 172.121. CERTIFICATION OF CANDIDATES FOR STATEWIDE AND DISTRICT OFFICES...

Section 172.122. Certification of Nominees Who Filed an Application for a Place on the Ballot in Accordance With the General Requirements for Statewide and District Offices to Secretary of State - Sec. 172.122. CERTIFICATION OF NOMINEES WHO FILED AN APPLICATION FOR...

Section 172.123. Entering Primary Results in Election Register - Sec. 172.123. ENTERING PRIMARY RESULTS IN ELECTION REGISTER. (a) The...

Section 172.124. Reporting Precinct Results to Secretary of State Relating to Candidates Who Filed an Application for a Place on the Ballot in Accordance With the General Requirements - Sec. 172.124. REPORTING PRECINCT RESULTS TO SECRETARY OF STATE RELATING...

Section 172.125. Additional Procedure for Accepting Voters in Runoff - Sec. 172.125. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE FOR ACCEPTING VOTERS IN RUNOFF. (a)...

Section 172.126. Joint Primaries Authorized - Sec. 172.126. JOINT PRIMARIES AUTHORIZED. (a) The primary elections in...

Section 172.127. Content of Sign Used to Identify Polling Place Location - Sec. 172.127. CONTENT OF SIGN USED TO IDENTIFY POLLING PLACE...

Section 172.128. Alternative Primary Procedure for Counties Without County Party Leadership - Sec. 172.128. ALTERNATIVE PRIMARY PROCEDURE FOR COUNTIES WITHOUT COUNTY PARTY...

Section 172.129. Statements Made by Election Officer When Primaries Conducted at Same Location - Sec. 172.129. STATEMENTS MADE BY ELECTION OFFICER WHEN PRIMARIES CONDUCTED...

Section 172.130. Action by State Chair to Meet Deadlines for Conduct of Primary - Sec. 172.130. ACTION BY STATE CHAIR TO MEET DEADLINES FOR...

Chapter 173 - Primary Election Financing

Subchapter A. Primary Election Expenses Generally

Section 173.001. State Funds for Primary Authorized - Sec. 173.001. STATE FUNDS FOR PRIMARY AUTHORIZED. (a) Subject to...

Section 173.002. State Not Liable for Primary Expenses - Sec. 173.002. STATE NOT LIABLE FOR PRIMARY EXPENSES. The state...

Section 173.003. Expenses Incurred by County - Sec. 173.003. EXPENSES INCURRED BY COUNTY. Except as otherwise provided...

Section 173.004. State Compensation of County Chair and Secretary of County Executive Committee - Sec. 173.004. STATE COMPENSATION OF COUNTY CHAIR AND SECRETARY OF...

Section 173.005. State Compensation for Training Election Judges - Sec. 173.005. STATE COMPENSATION FOR TRAINING ELECTION JUDGES. The maximum...

Section 173.006. Authority to Reduce Primary Costs - Sec. 173.006. AUTHORITY TO REDUCE PRIMARY COSTS. The secretary of...

Section 173.007. Limiting State Compensation for Polling Places - Sec. 173.007. LIMITING STATE COMPENSATION FOR POLLING PLACES. (a) The...

Section 173.008. Limiting State Compensation for Election Personnel - Sec. 173.008. LIMITING STATE COMPENSATION FOR ELECTION PERSONNEL. (a) The...

Section 173.009. Deadline for Adopting Rules - Sec. 173.009. DEADLINE FOR ADOPTING RULES. A rule adopted by...

Section 173.010. Furnishing Rules and Guidelines - Sec. 173.010. FURNISHING RULES AND GUIDELINES. During October preceding each...

Section 173.011. Financing of Joint Primary Elections Generally - Sec. 173.011. FINANCING OF JOINT PRIMARY ELECTIONS GENERALLY. (a) This...

Subchapter B. Primary Fund

Section 173.031. County Primary Fund - Sec. 173.031. COUNTY PRIMARY FUND. (a) A county primary fund...

Section 173.032. State Primary Fund - Sec. 173.032. STATE PRIMARY FUND. (a) A state primary fund...

Section 173.033. Use of Primary Fund - Sec. 173.033. USE OF PRIMARY FUND. (a) The county primary...

Section 173.034. Managing Primary Fund - Sec. 173.034. MANAGING PRIMARY FUND. (a) The county chair shall...

Section 173.0341. State Chair as Fiscal Agent for County Party - Sec. 173.0341. STATE CHAIR AS FISCAL AGENT FOR COUNTY PARTY....

Section 173.035. Audit by Secretary of State - Sec. 173.035. AUDIT BY SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) The secretary...

Section 173.036. State Funds for Audit Requested by Party - Sec. 173.036. STATE FUNDS FOR AUDIT REQUESTED BY PARTY. (a)...

Subchapter C. Disposition of Filing Fees

Section 173.061. Fee Paid to County Chair - Sec. 173.061. FEE PAID TO COUNTY CHAIR. Except as provided...

Section 173.062. Fee Paid to State Chair for District Offices Remitted to Secretary of State - Sec. 173.062. FEE PAID TO STATE CHAIR FOR DISTRICT OFFICES...

Section 173.063. Fee Retained by State Chair - Sec. 173.063. FEE RETAINED BY STATE CHAIR. The state chair...

Subchapter D. State Financing

Section 173.081. Statement of Estimated Primary Expenses - Sec. 173.081. STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED PRIMARY EXPENSES. (a) Regardless of...

Section 173.082. Review of Statement; Approval; Notice - Sec. 173.082. REVIEW OF STATEMENT; APPROVAL; NOTICE. (a) On receipt...

Section 173.083. State Payment of Estimated Primary Expenses - Sec. 173.083. STATE PAYMENT OF ESTIMATED PRIMARY EXPENSES. (a) The...

Section 173.0831. State Payment of Start-Up Primary Funds - Sec. 173.0831. STATE PAYMENT OF START-UP PRIMARY FUNDS. (a) Not...

Section 173.0832. Direct Repayment to Authority Conducting Primary Election Under Contract in Certain Counties - Sec. 173.0832. DIRECT REPAYMENT TO AUTHORITY CONDUCTING PRIMARY ELECTION UNDER...

Section 173.0833. Direct Billing of Certain Primary Expenses - Sec. 173.0833. DIRECT BILLING OF CERTAIN PRIMARY EXPENSES. (a) This...

Section 173.084. Expense Report by Party - Sec. 173.084. EXPENSE REPORT BY PARTY. (a) Regardless of whether...

Section 173.085. State Payment of Excess Primary Expenses - Sec. 173.085. STATE PAYMENT OF EXCESS PRIMARY EXPENSES. (a) If...

Section 173.0851. Disposition of Surplus in Primary Fund - Sec. 173.0851. DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS IN PRIMARY FUND. (a) Any...

Section 173.086. Challenge of Disbursement of State Funds - Sec. 173.086. CHALLENGE OF DISBURSEMENT OF STATE FUNDS. (a) The...

Section 173.087. Liability of County Chair and County Executive Committee - Sec. 173.087. LIABILITY OF COUNTY CHAIR AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE....

Chapter 174 - Conventions

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 174.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 174.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a...

Section 174.002. Media Access - Sec. 174.002. MEDIA ACCESS. Representatives of the broadcast and print...

Section 174.003. Delegate to Be Qualified Voter - Sec. 174.003. DELEGATE TO BE QUALIFIED VOTER. In addition to...

Section 174.004. Eligibility Requirements Exclusive - Sec. 174.004. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS EXCLUSIVE. A political party may not...

Subchapter B. Precinct Conventions

Section 174.021. Selection of Delegates to County and Senatorial District Conventions - Sec. 174.021. SELECTION OF DELEGATES TO COUNTY AND SENATORIAL DISTRICT...

Section 174.022. Time and Place of Convention - Sec. 174.022. TIME AND PLACE OF CONVENTION. (a) The precinct...

Section 174.023. Notice of Date, Hour, and Place - Sec. 174.023. NOTICE OF DATE, HOUR, AND PLACE. (a) The...

Section 174.024. Participant to Be Registered Voter - Sec. 174.024. PARTICIPANT TO BE REGISTERED VOTER. In addition to...

Section 174.025. Organizing the Convention - Sec. 174.025. ORGANIZING THE CONVENTION. (a) The state executive committee...

Section 174.026. Convention Business - Sec. 174.026. CONVENTION BUSINESS. After the convention is organized, the...

Section 174.027. Records of Convention - Sec. 174.027. RECORDS OF CONVENTION. (a) The convention chair shall...

Subchapter C. County and Senatorial District Conventions

Section 174.061. Selection of Delegates to State Conventions - Sec. 174.061. SELECTION OF DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTIONS. The delegates...

Section 174.062. Type of Convention Held - Sec. 174.062. TYPE OF CONVENTION HELD. (a) A party may...

Section 174.063. Time and Place of Convention - Sec. 174.063. TIME AND PLACE OF CONVENTION. (a) Conventions shall...

Section 174.0631. Consideration for Use of Public Building for Convention - Sec. 174.0631. CONSIDERATION FOR USE OF PUBLIC BUILDING FOR CONVENTION....

Section 174.064. Notice of Hour and Place - Sec. 174.064. NOTICE OF HOUR AND PLACE. (a) A notice...

Section 174.065. Organizing the Convention - Sec. 174.065. ORGANIZING THE CONVENTION. (a) The state executive committee...

Section 174.066. Convention Business - Sec. 174.066. CONVENTION BUSINESS. After the convention is organized, the...

Section 174.067. State Convention Delegates Serve Until Next Primary Election - Sec. 174.067. STATE CONVENTION DELEGATES SERVE UNTIL NEXT PRIMARY ELECTION....

Section 174.068. Voting at Convention - Sec. 174.068. VOTING AT CONVENTION. The state executive committee may...

Section 174.069. Record of Delegates - Sec. 174.069. RECORD OF DELEGATES. (a) The chair of a...

Subchapter D. Biennial State Convention

Section 174.091. Biennial State Convention - Sec. 174.091. BIENNIAL STATE CONVENTION. Each political party shall hold...

Section 174.092. Time and Place of Convention - Sec. 174.092. TIME AND PLACE OF CONVENTION. (a) The biennial...

Section 174.093. Notice of Time and Place - Sec. 174.093. NOTICE OF TIME AND PLACE. Before the date...

Section 174.094. Organizing the Convention - Sec. 174.094. ORGANIZING THE CONVENTION. (a) The state executive committee...

Section 174.095. Convention Business - Sec. 174.095. CONVENTION BUSINESS. After the convention is organized, the...

Section 174.096. Voting at Convention - Sec. 174.096. VOTING AT CONVENTION. The state executive committee shall...

Section 174.097. Attendance by Public Officers - Sec. 174.097. ATTENDANCE BY PUBLIC OFFICERS. A nominee for or...

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Texas Statutes Title 10 - Political Parties Subtitle B - Parties Nominating by Primary Election

Texas Statutes
Title 10 - Political Parties
Subtitle B - Parties Nominating by Primary Election