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Tex. Election Code § 145.064

WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME OMITTED FROM BALLOT

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Tex. Election Code § 145.064, WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME OMITTED FROM BALLOT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/641089
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a candidate's name shall be omitted from the ballot if the candidate withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or before the 74th day before election day. (b) The name of a deceased candidate may not be omitted if: (1) the decedent was the incumbent in the office for which the decedent was a candidate; or (2) no other candidate's name is to appear on the ballot in the race in which the decedent was a candidate.