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Texas Election Code § 52.004

Failure to Place Candidate's Name on Ballot

Ballot Form, Content, and Preparation · Preparing the Ballot

(a) A person commits an offense if the person is responsible for having the official ballot prepared for an election and knowingly fails to place on the ballot the name of a candidate who is entitled to have the candidate's name placed on the ballot.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

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 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.