(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 the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
(2) withdraws or is declared ineligible within the time prescribed by Section 145.092(a), in an election subject to that section;
(3) withdraws or is declared ineligible within the time prescribed by Section 145.092(b), in an election subject to that section; or
(4) withdraws or is declared ineligible before 5 p.m. of the 71st day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(f).
(b) This section does not apply to a runoff election.
Official text of the Texas Election Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.