Title EL, Election Code

Sec. 161.010. CHALLENGING CONVENTION DELEGATES. A political party holding a convention under this title may provide by rule for challenging the qualifications of the convention delegates and for replacing unqualified delegates. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, …

Sec. 162.001. AFFILIATION WITH PARTY REQUIRED. (a) A person must be affiliated with a political party to be eligible: (1) to serve as a delegate to or otherwise participate in a convention held by the party under this code; (2) to be elected as a member of or be appointed to fill…

Sec. 162.002. ELIGIBILITY TO AFFILIATE. To be eligible to affiliate with a political party, a person must be: (1) a registered voter; or (2) eligible to vote a limited ballot at the time of affiliating. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 162.003. AFFILIATION BY VOTING IN PRIMARY. A person becomes affiliated with a political party when the person: (1) is accepted to vote in the party's primary election; or (2) returns an early voting or limited primary ballot voted by mail. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec.…

Sec. 162.004. AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: VOTING AT POLLING PLACE. (a) The signature roster for a primary election must state at the top of each page: "A person commits a criminal offense if the person knowingly votes in a primary election or participates in a convention of a party af…

Sec. 162.005. AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: EARLY VOTING BY MAIL. Subject to Section 162.004(a-1), the early voting clerk in a general primary election shall provide an affiliation certificate with each early voting or limited ballot to be voted by mail. The certificate is not required …

Sec. 162.006. AFFILIATION BY TAKING OATH. A person becomes affiliated with a political party when the person takes an oath of affiliation as provided by Section 162.007 or 162.008. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 162.007. AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: TAKING OATH AT PRECINCT CONVENTION. (a) This section applies only to a precinct convention held under this title by a political party making nominations by convention. (b) On admitting a person for participation in the convention, the temporar…

Sec. 162.008. AFFILIATION PROCEDURE: TAKING OATH GENERALLY. (a) A person may affiliate with a political party at any time by taking an oath of affiliation. (b) On request of a person desiring to affiliate with a political party, a member of the county executive committee for the …

Sec. 162.009. CONTENTS OF AFFILIATION CERTIFICATE. The authority issuing an affiliation certificate under this chapter shall enter on the certificate: (1) the name of the person to whom the certificate is issued; (2) the name of the political party of the affiliation; (3) the nam…

Sec. 162.010. DURATION OF AFFILIATION. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a party affiliation expires at the end of the voting year in which the person became affiliated. (b) A party affiliation made in an odd-numbered year expires on the first day on which a person may fi…

Sec. 162.011. PRESENTATION OF FALSE EVIDENCE OF AFFILIATION PROHIBITED. (a) A person commits an offense if for the purpose of participating in a political party's convention or other party meeting or event the person presents to a party official: (1) an affiliation certificate th…

Sec. 162.012. INELIGIBILITY TO AFFILIATE WITH ANOTHER PARTY. A person who is affiliated with a political party is ineligible to become affiliated with another political party during the same voting year. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 162.013. VOID VOTE. A vote in a primary election is void if the voter previously voted in a primary election of another party or participated in a convention of another party during the same voting year. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 162.014. UNLAWFUL PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly votes or attempts to vote in a primary election or participates or attempts to participate in a convention of a party after having voted in a primary election or partici…

Sec. 162.015. RESTRICTIONS ON CANDIDACY IN GENERAL ELECTION BY CANDIDATE OR VOTER IN PRIMARY. (a) A person who voted at a primary election or who was a candidate for nomination in a primary is ineligible for a place on the ballot for the succeeding general election for state and …

Sec. 162.0151. CANDIDACY PROHIBITED. (a) A candidate who files an application for a place on the general primary election ballot or for nomination by convention with more than one political party in the same voting year shall be ineligible for: (1) a place on the ballot for a gen…

Sec. 162.016. WITHDRAWN CONVENTION NOMINEE INELIGIBLE FOR ANOTHER NOMINATION. If a person nominated by a convention withdraws from the general election for state and county officers, the person is ineligible for a place on the general election ballot as the party's nominee for an…

Sec. 162.017. PREREGISTRATION. (a) A political party holding a precinct convention may preregister attendees for the convention by electronic means or any other method the party may adopt by rule. (b) The party may, through the preregistration process, collect the following infor…

Sec. 163.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to a political party that has a state executive committee. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 163.002. REQUIRED RULES. A political party that makes nominations in this state shall adopt rules that: (1) prescribe the parliamentary procedure governing the conduct of party meetings and conventions from the precinct level to the state level, including: (A) quorums; (B) c…

Sec. 163.003. CONSISTENCY WITH STATE LAW. The rules adopted by a political party must be consistent with state law. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 163.004. ADOPTING RULES. (a) A political party's rules, including amendments to rules, governing or affecting its general or runoff primary elections, conventions held under this code, or nominees may be adopted only by: (1) a state convention; or (2) the state executive com…

Sec. 163.005. FILING AND POSTING RULES; EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) The state chair shall file a copy of each rule on electoral affairs with the secretary of state. (b) Except as provided by Section 163.006, the rule shall be filed not later than the 30th day after the date of its adopti…

Sec. 163.006. DEADLINE FOR FILING CERTAIN RULES. (a) A rule on electoral affairs that is to become effective in a year in which the party will hold precinct conventions under this title must be filed with the secretary of state and posted on the party's Internet website not later…

Sec. 163.007. RULES ENFORCEABLE BY MANDAMUS. A rule on electoral affairs is enforceable by writ of mandamus in the same manner as if the rule were a statute. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 171.001. STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED. A state executive committee is established as provided by this subchapter for each political party holding a primary election in this state. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 171.002. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION. (a) The state executive committee consists of two members from each state senatorial district or congressional district, as determined by party rule. One of each district's members must be a man and the other a woman. (b) In addition to the me…

Sec. 171.003. FILLING VACANCY. (a) The state executive committee shall fill by appointment any vacancy on the committee, including a vacancy in the office of chair or vice chair. (b) A majority of the committee's membership constitutes a quorum for the purpose of filling a vacanc…

Sec. 171.004. PROXY. (a) To participate in a state executive committee meeting as a proxy for a member representing a senatorial or congressional district, a person must reside in that district. (b) A person may not hold more than one proxy at any meeting. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., c…

Sec. 171.021. COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED. For each county in which a primary election is held, a county executive committee is established as provided by this subchapter for the political party holding the primary. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1…

Sec. 171.022. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION. (a) A county executive committee consists of: (1) a county chair, who is the presiding officer, elected at the general primary election by majority vote of the qualified voters of the county who vote in the primary on that office or appointed …

Sec. 171.0221. ELECTION NOT HELD FOR OFFICE OF PRECINCT CHAIR. (a) If only one candidate's name is to be placed on the ballot for the office of precinct chair and no candidate's name is to be placed on the list of write-in candidates for that office, the election for that office …

Sec. 171.023. RESIDENCE OF PRECINCT CHAIR. (a) To be eligible to be a candidate for or to serve as a precinct chair, a person must reside in the election precinct in addition to satisfying the other applicable eligibility requirements. (b) A change in a county election precinct b…

Sec. 171.0231. WRITE-IN CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY CHAIR OR PRECINCT CHAIR. (a) Write-in candidates are not permitted for county chair or precinct chair unless a county executive committee authorizes write-in candidates. (b) If the county executive committee authorizes write-in candida…

Sec. 171.024. FILLING VACANCY. (a) The county executive committee shall fill by appointment any vacancy on the committee. The state executive committee may by rule adopt procedures for filling vacancies. (b) A majority of the committee's membership must participate in filling a v…

Sec. 171.025. PROCEDURE FOR FILLING VACANCY IN OFFICE OF COUNTY CHAIR. (a) If a vacancy occurs in the office of county chair, the secretary of the county executive committee shall call a meeting for the purpose of filling the vacancy. If a committee member files with the secretar…

Sec. 171.0251. TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBER IN MILITARY. (a) In this section, "armed forces of the United States" means the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Coast Guard, any res…

Sec. 171.026. PROXY NOT ALLOWED. A person may not participate in a county executive committee meeting as a proxy. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 171.027. TEMPORARY COMMITTEE. (a) If a county executive committee for a political party does not exist in a county in which the party is holding a primary election, the party shall establish a temporary county executive committee as provided by this section. (b) The state ex…

Sec. 171.028. COUNTY CHAIR TRANSITION. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date the term of office of a new county chair begins, the person formerly serving as the county chair shall transfer to the new county chair: (1) local party bank accounts over which the former count…

Sec. 171.029. REMOVAL OF PRECINCT CHAIR OR COUNTY CHAIR FOR ABANDONMENT OF OFFICE. (a) A precinct or county chair who has failed to perform statutory duties provided by this code or failed to attend four or more consecutive meetings of the county executive committee may be remove…

Sec. 171.051. DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED. (a) For each district from which an officer of the federal or state government is elected, a district executive committee is established as provided by this subchapter for each political party holding a primary election. (b)…

Sec. 171.052. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: DISTRICT COTERMINOUS WITH COUNTY. The district executive committee for a district that is coterminous with a single county consists of the county executive committee, with the county chair serving as chair of the district committee. Acts 1985,…

Sec. 171.053. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: DISTRICT COMPRISING PART OF A COUNTY; FIRST MEETING. (a) The district executive committee for a district comprising only a part of a single county consists of the members of the county executive committee who reside in the district. (b) The me…

Sec. 171.054. COMMITTEE COMPOSITION: DISTRICT SITUATED IN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY; FIRST MEETING. (a) The district executive committee for a district situated in more than one county consists of the members of each county executive committee who reside in the district. (b) The state…