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Tex. Elec. Code § 52.003 (2026)

Placing Candidate's Name On Ballot

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Sec. 52.003. PLACING CANDIDATE'S NAME ON BALLOT. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall have placed on the ballot the name of each candidate:

(1) who has filed with the authority an application for a place on the ballot that complies with the requirements as to form, content, and procedure that the application must satisfy for the candidate's name to be placed on the ballot; or

(2) whose entitlement to placement on the ballot has been lawfully certified to the authority.

(b) A candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot in the form indicated on the candidate's application or, if the application was not filed with the authority, in the form certified to the authority.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, in a runoff election, the authority shall have placed on the ballot the name of each candidate who is entitled to a place on the runoff ballot as indicated by the canvass for the main election.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 49, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2010–2020 · leading case: In Re Richard “Opey” WATKINS, 465 S.W.3d 657 (Tex. App. 2014).
In Re Richard “Opey” WATKINS, 465 S.W.3d 657 (Tex. App. 2014). · cites it 4× “” Tex. Elec. Code § 52.003(a)(2). As chair of the Milam County Republican Executive Committee, Whitmire was required by law to certify Watkins’s nomination to the County Clerk in a timely manner.”
In Re Cercone, 323 S.W.3d 293 (Tex. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “” Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 52.003 (a)(2). *298 Cercone cites no statute imposing a duty-on Sherbet to omit the name of a candidate who has been certified absent a determination by a trial court or other proper authority that the certification was unlawful.”
Laura Pressley v. Gregorio \Greg\" Casar", 567 S.W.3d 28 (Tex. App. 2016). “VI, § 4 (providing that vote shall be by ballot and that legislature shall provide for numbering of tickets); Tex. Elec. Code §§ 52.003 (providing that name of each candidate be placed on ballot), .”
Laura Pressley v. Gregorio \Greg\" Casar" (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “34, 56 Texas Election Code § 52, Subchapter C ..”
Steven Denny v. the Honorable Lawrence M. 'Larry' Doss, Just., 7th Court of Appeals, Place 4 (Tex. App. 2020). “” Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 52.003 (a)(2). If that is not done, and if the true result of an election cannot be ascertained, the Election Code provides the one and only remedy.”
— Tex. Elec. Code § 52.003(a)(2) — 2 cases
In Re Richard “Opey” WATKINS, 465 S.W.3d 657 (Tex. App. 2014). “” Tex. Elec. Code § 52.003(a)(2). As chair of the Milam County Republican Executive Committee, Whitmire was required by law to certify Watkins’s nomination to the County Clerk in a timely manner.”
In Re Cercone, 323 S.W.3d 293 (Tex. App. 2010). “” Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 52.003 (a)(2). *298 Cercone cites no statute imposing a duty-on Sherbet to omit the name of a candidate who has been certified absent a determination by a trial court or other proper authority that the certification was unlawful.”
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