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Tex. Elec. Code § 146.031 (2026)

List Of Write-in Candidates

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Sec. 146.031. LIST OF WRITE-IN CANDIDATES. (a) The authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall prepare a list containing the name of each write-in candidate certified to the authority. Each name must appear in the form in which it is certified.

(b) A write-in candidate's name may not appear more than once on the list.

(c) Copies of the list shall be distributed to the counting officers in the election for use in counting write-in votes.

(d) Copies of the list shall be distributed to each presiding election judge with the other election supplies. A copy of the list shall be posted in each polling place at each place where an instruction poster is required to be posted.

(e) The authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall retain a copy of the list and preserve it for the period for preserving the precinct election records.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 62, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: in Re Trenton Daniel Garza, Relator (Tex. App. 2014).
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in Re Trenton Daniel Garza, Relator (Tex. App. 2014). “7 The August 21 letter further advised relator that, as a result of his review of those records, Judge Ware had determined that 2 TEX. ELEC. CODE ANN. § 146.024 (West 2010).”
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