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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the replacement of a presidential or vice-presidential |
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candidate in the event of the candidate's withdrawal, death, or |
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ineligibility. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 192, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 192.009 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 192.009. REPLACEMENT NOMINEE. An elector shall |
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consider a replacement candidate certified under Subchapter C to be |
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the presidential or vice-presidential candidate for whom the |
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elector is the corresponding presidential elector candidate. |
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SECTION 2. Section 192.062(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The secretary of state shall certify in writing [for |
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placement on the ballot] the name of a political party's |
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replacement nominee for president or vice-president of the United |
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States as follows [if]: |
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(1) for placement on the ballot for an [the] original |
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nominee who withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or before |
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the 74th day before presidential election day if [; and |
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[(2)] the party's state chair delivers certification of |
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the replacement nominee's name, signed by the state chair, to the |
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secretary of state not later than 5 p.m. of the 71st day before |
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presidential election day; or |
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(2) to the nominating party's presidential elector |
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candidates for an original nominee who withdraws, dies, or is |
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declared ineligible after the 74th day before presidential election |
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day if the party's state chair delivers certification of the |
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replacement nominee's name, signed by the state chair, to the |
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secretary of state not later than 2 p.m. on the Monday after the |
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second Wednesday in December of a presidential election year. |
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SECTION 3. Section 192.064(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The secretary of state shall certify in writing [for |
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placement on the ballot] the name of a replacement |
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vice-presidential running mate for an independent candidate for |
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president of the United States as follows [if]: |
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(1) for placement on the ballot for an [the] original |
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running mate who withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or |
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before the 74th day before presidential election day if [; and |
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[(2)] the independent presidential candidate delivers |
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certification of the replacement running mate's name, signed by the |
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presidential candidate, to the secretary of state not later than 5 |
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p.m. of the 71st day before presidential election day; or |
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(2) to the presidential candidate's corresponding |
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presidential elector candidates for an original running mate who |
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withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible after the 74th day |
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before presidential election day if the independent presidential |
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candidate delivers certification of the replacement running mate's |
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name, signed by the presidential candidate, to the secretary of |
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state not later than 2 p.m. on the Monday after the second Wednesday |
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in December of a presidential election year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |