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Tex. Elec. Code § 144.003 (2026)

Application Required

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Sec. 144.003. APPLICATION REQUIRED. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, to be entitled to a place on the ballot, a candidate must make an application for a place on the ballot. An application, other than an application required to be accompanied by fee, may be filed through e-mail transmission of the completed application in a scanned format to the e-mail address designated by the filing authority in the notice required under Section 141.040.

(b) If a law outside this code purports to prescribe the exclusive requirements that a candidate's application must satisfy for the candidate's name to be placed on the ballot, Section 141.031(a)(4)(L) also applies to the application. The other provisions of Section 141.031 do not apply.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 427, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 614 (H.B. 417), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2007.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 84, eff. September 1, 2021.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion: KP-0468 (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2024).
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Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion: KP-0468 (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2024). “101 (providing that “[a]ll elections shall be generally conducted in accordance with the Election Code except as otherwise provided for by” the Water Code); TEX. ELEC. CODE § 144.003(a) (requiring candidates for office of a political subdivision other than county or city to file…”
— Tex. Elec. Code § 144.003(a) — 1 case
Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion: KP-0468 (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2024). “101 (providing that “[a]ll elections shall be generally conducted in accordance with the Election Code except as otherwise provided for by” the Water Code); TEX. ELEC. CODE § 144.003(a) (requiring candidates for office of a political subdivision other than county or city to file…”
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