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AN ACT
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relating to the deadlines for write-in candidates for the office of |
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county or precinct chair of a political party. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 171.0231(d), Election Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) A declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not |
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later than 6 [5] p.m. of the fifth [62nd] day after the date of the |
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regular filing deadline for the general primary election [before
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general primary election day]. [However, if a candidate whose name
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is to appear on the ballot for the office of county chair or
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precinct chair dies or is declared ineligible after the third day
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before the date of the regular filing deadline prescribed by this
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subsection, a declaration of write-in candidacy for the office
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sought by the deceased or ineligible candidate may be filed not
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later than 5 p.m. of the 59th day before election day.] |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1904 was passed by the House on April |
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7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1904 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, |
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3 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1904 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |