| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the qualifications necessary for a political party to |
|
|
have the names of its nominees placed on the ballot. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Sections 181.005(b) and (c), Election Code, are |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(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 10 [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 10 |
|
|
[two] percent of the total number of votes received by all |
|
|
candidates for that office at least once in the five previous |
|
|
general elections. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |