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Texas Election Code § 146.081

Candidate's Name Required to Appear on List

Write-in Candidate · Write-in Candidate in Special Election to Fill Vacancy in Legislature

In a special election to fill a vacancy in the legislature, a write-in vote may not be counted unless the name written in appears on the list of write-in candidates.

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

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 17, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 2002.