Bill Text: TX HB1160 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the replacement of a presidential or vice-presidential candidate in the event of the candidate's withdrawal, death, or ineligibility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Elections [HB1160 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1160-Introduced.html
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By: Murr | H.B. No. 1160 |
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relating to the replacement of a presidential or vice-presidential | ||
candidate in the event of the candidate's withdrawal, death, or | ||
ineligibility. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 192, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 192.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 192.009. REPLACEMENT NOMINEE. An elector shall | ||
consider a replacement candidate certified under Subchapter C to be | ||
the presidential or vice-presidential candidate for whom the | ||
elector is the corresponding presidential elector candidate. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 192.062(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The secretary of state shall certify in writing [ |
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replacement nominee for president or vice-president of the United | ||
States as follows [ |
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(1) for placement on the ballot for an [ |
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nominee who withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or before | ||
the 74th day before presidential election day if [ |
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the replacement nominee's name, signed by the state chair, to the | ||
secretary of state not later than 5 p.m. of the 71st day before | ||
presidential election day; or | ||
(2) to the nominating party's presidential elector | ||
candidates for an original nominee who withdraws, dies, or is | ||
declared ineligible after the 74th day before presidential election | ||
day if the party's state chair delivers certification of the | ||
replacement nominee's name, signed by the state chair, to the | ||
secretary of state not later than 2 p.m. on the Monday after the | ||
second Wednesday in December of a presidential election year. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 192.064(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The secretary of state shall certify in writing [ |
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vice-presidential running mate for an independent candidate for | ||
president of the United States as follows [ |
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(1) for placement on the ballot for an [ |
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running mate who withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or | ||
before the 74th day before presidential election day if [ |
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certification of the replacement running mate's name, signed by the | ||
presidential candidate, to the secretary of state not later than 5 | ||
p.m. of the 71st day before presidential election day; or | ||
(2) to the presidential candidate's corresponding | ||
presidential elector candidates for an original running mate who | ||
withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible after the 74th day | ||
before presidential election day if the independent presidential | ||
candidate delivers certification of the replacement running mate's | ||
name, signed by the presidential candidate, to the secretary of | ||
state not later than 2 p.m. on the Monday after the second Wednesday | ||
in December of a presidential election year. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |