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Tex. Elec. Code § 142.004 (2026)

Application Required

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Sec. 142.004. APPLICATION REQUIRED. (a) To be entitled to a place on the general election ballot, a candidate must make an application for a place on the ballot.

(b) An application must, in addition to complying with Section 141.031, be accompanied by a petition that satisfies the requirements prescribed by Section 141.062.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1988–2020 · leading case: Lerma v. Ramon, 760 S.W.2d 727 (Tex. App. 1988).
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Lerma v. Ramon, 760 S.W.2d 727 (Tex. App. 1988). “Tex.Elec.Code Ann. § 142.004 (Vernon 1986) provides: (a) to be entitled to a place on the general election ballot, a candidate must make an application for a place on the ballot.”
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2017). “See TEX. ELEC. CODE §§ 142.004, 172.021(b), (f); see also id.”
Fagin v. Abbott (W.D. Tex. 2020). “TEX. ELEC. CODE §§ 142.004, 142.007. For a district office, the minimum number of signatures is 500.”
Sanders v. Hughs (W.D. Tex. 2020). “Tex. Elec. Code Ann. §§ 142.004 , 142.007.”
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