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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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 6 [5] p.m. of the eighth [59th] day after the date of the |
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regular filing deadline for the general primary election [before
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election day]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |