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Tex. Elec. Code § 172.022 (2026)

Authority With Whom Application Filed

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Sec. 172.022. AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPLICATION FILED. (a) An application for a place on the general primary election ballot must be filed with:

(1) the state chair, for an office filled by voters of more than one county; or

(2) the county chair or the secretary, if any, of the county executive committee, for an office filled by voters of a single county.

(b) Not later than the day before the last day of the filing period, the county chair shall post on the political party's Internet website or in the location where a candidate files for a place on the ballot notice of the address at which the county chair or secretary will be available to receive applications on the last day of the filing period. If both the county chair and the secretary will be available, the notice must contain the address at which each will be available. Section 1.006 does not apply to this subsection.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 65, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 126, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1055 (H.B. 3103), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2006–2024 · leading case: In Re Carlisle, 209 S.W.3d 93 (Tex. 2006).
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In Re Carlisle, 209 S.W.3d 93 (Tex. 2006). “Carlisle requests that we direct the chair and the executive committee of the Republican Party to immediately certify Carlisle as a candidate in the Republican primary for District 87 of the Texas House of Representatives and to deliver the written certification to the…”
in Re George Powell (Tex. App. 2019). “” Tex. Elec. Code Ann. §172.022 (a) (Supp.).”
In RE BRITTANYE MORRIS v. the State of Texas (Tex. 2024). “The county chair “shall review the application to determine whether it complies with the requirements as to form, content, and procedure that it must satisfy for the candidate’s name to be placed on the general primary election ballot.”
— Tex. Elec. Code § 172.022(a)(2) — 1 case
In RE BRITTANYE MORRIS v. the State of Texas (Tex. 2024). “The county chair “shall review the application to determine whether it complies with the requirements as to form, content, and procedure that it must satisfy for the candidate’s name to be placed on the general primary election ballot.”
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