Bill Text: TX HB4416 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications necessary for a political party to have the names of its nominees placed on the ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-08 - Postponed 3/2/20 10:00 AM [HB4416 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4416-Introduced.html
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By: Middleton | H.B. No. 4416 |
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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. Section 181.005(b), Election Code, is 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 [ |
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the total number of votes received by all candidates for that | ||
office. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |