Tex. Election Code § 145.096
DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO APPEAR ON BALLOT
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- Tex. Election Code § 145.096, DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO APPEAR ON BALLOT, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/641097
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 145.098(b), a candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot if the candidate:
(1) dies on or after the second day before the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
(2) is declared ineligible after 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot, in an election subject to Section 145.092(a);
(3) is declared ineligible after 5 p.m. of the 57th day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(b); or
(4) is declared ineligible after 5 p.m. of the 71st day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(f).
(b) If a candidate in a runoff election dies or is declared ineligible before runoff election day, the candidate's name shall be placed on the runoff election ballot.