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Tex. Elec. Code § 181.005 (2026)

Qualifying For Placement On Ballot By Party Required To Nominate By Convention

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Sec. 181.005. QUALIFYING FOR PLACEMENT ON BALLOT BY PARTY REQUIRED TO NOMINATE BY CONVENTION. (a) To be entitled to have the names of its nominees placed on the general election ballot, a political party required to make nominations by convention must file with the secretary of state, not later than the 75th day after the date of the precinct conventions held under this chapter, lists of precinct convention participants indicating that the number of participants equals at least one percent of the total number of votes received by all candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election. The lists must include each participant's residence address and voter registration number.

(b) A political party is entitled to have the names of its nominees placed on the ballot, without qualifying under Subsection (a), in each subsequent general election following a general election in which the party had a nominee for a statewide office who received a number of votes equal to at least five percent of the total number of votes received by all candidates for that office.

(c) A political party is entitled to have the names of its nominees placed on the general election ballot, without qualifying under Subsection (a) or (b), if the party had a nominee for a statewide office who received a number of votes equal to at least two percent of the total number of votes received by all candidates for that office at least once in the five previous general elections.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 48, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 2504), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2019–2022 · leading case: Ruth R. Hughs, in Her Off. Capacity as Sec'y of State of the State of Texas v. Neal Dikeman, Shawn Kelly, Roy, Eriksen, Jared Wissel, Scott Ford, Billy Pierce, Christina Ford, Charlie Stevens, & Neko Antoniou (Tex. App. 2020).

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Ruth R. Hughs, in Her Off. Capacity as Sec'y of State of the State of Texas v. Neal Dikeman, Shawn Kelly, Roy, Eriksen, Jared Wissel, Scott Ford, Billy Pierce, Christina Ford, Charlie Stevens, & Neko Antoniou (Tex. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “Laws 802 , 996 (codified at Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 181.005 (a), (b)).”

Miller v. Doe (W.D. Tex. 2019). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Elec. Code § 181.005(a). A participant is eligible if she is a registered voter or resident of the precinct who is eligible to vote who has not voted in a primary election or attended the convention of another party in the same election year.”

Miller v. Doe (W.D. Tex. 2022). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Elec. Code §§ 181.005(a), 142.004-06, 142.”

— Tex. Elec. Code § 181.005(a) — 3 cases

Miller v. Doe (W.D. Tex. 2019). “See Tex. Elec. Code § 181.005(a). A participant is eligible if she is a registered voter or resident of the precinct who is eligible to vote who has not voted in a primary election or attended the convention of another party in the same election year.”

Miller v. Doe (W.D. Tex. 2022). “See Tex. Elec. Code §§ 181.005(a), 142.004-06, 142.”

— Tex. Elec. Code § 181.005(b) — 2 cases

Miller v. Doe (W.D. Tex. 2022). “See Tex. Elec. Code §§ 181.005(a), 142.004-06, 142.”

— Tex. Elec. Code § 181.005(c) — 1 case

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