Bill Text: TX HB4129 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the omission from the ballot of a withdrawing candidate.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4129 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4129-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the omission from the ballot of a withdrawing candidate.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4129 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4129-Engrossed.html
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By: Swanson, Klick, Cortez, Walle, Morrison | H.B. No. 4129 |
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relating to the omission from the ballot of a withdrawing | ||
candidate. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 145.098, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 145.098. WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATE BEFORE CERTAIN EVENTS | ||
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request after the deadline prescribed by Section 145.092, and the | ||
candidate complies with each requirement under Section 145.001 | ||
except that the candidate's filing to withdraw is untimely, the | ||
authority responsible for preparing the ballots may choose to omit | ||
the candidate from the ballot if [ |
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(1) the ballots have not been prepared; and | ||
(2) if using a voting system to which Chapter 129 | ||
applies, public notice of the test of logic and accuracy has not | ||
been published. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |