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Texas Election Code § 146.030

Candidate Not Certified

Write-in Candidate · Write-in Candidate in General Election for State and County Officers

A write-in candidate may not be certified for placement on the list of write-in candidates if:

(1) the information on the candidate's declaration of write-in candidacy indicates that the candidate is ineligible for the office;

(2) facts indicating that the candidate is ineligible are conclusively established by another public record;

(3) the candidate is determined ineligible by a final judgment of a court;

(4) the candidate's declaration of write-in candidacy is invalid for the office under Section 146.023(c); or

(5) the certifying authority learns that the candidate's name is to be omitted from the list under Section 146.0301.

Official text of the Texas Election Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 60, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

This section refers to

§ 146.023§ 146.0301

Sections that refer to this one

§ 146.029