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2025 Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 9 - Candidates
Chapter 142 - Independent Candidate in General Election for State and County Officers
Section 142.009. Petition to Be Circulated After Primary
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TX Elec COde § 142.009 (2025)
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Sec. 142.009. PETITION TO BE CIRCULATED AFTER PRIMARY. A signature on a candidate's petition is invalid if the signer:
(1) signed the petition on or before general primary election day or, if a runoff primary is held for the office sought by the candidate, on or before runoff primary election day; or
(2) voted in the general or runoff primary election of a political party that made a nomination, at either primary, for the office sought by the candidate.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
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