reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
TX Elec COde § 181.0041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter A. Nominating by Convention Generally|Section 181.0041. Registration of Party Required

Sec. 181.0041.  REGISTRATION OF PARTY REQUIRED.  A political party that intends to make nominations under this chapter for the general election for state and county officers must register with the secretary of state, in the manner prescribed by the secretary, not later than January 2 of the election year.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 70, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Elec COde § 181.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter A. Nominating by Convention Generally|Section 181.005. Qualifying for Placement on Ballot by Party Required to Nominate by Convention

Sec. 181.005.  QUALIFYING FOR PLACEMENT ON BALLOT BY PARTY REQUIRED TO NOMINATE BY CONVENTION.  (a)  To be entitled to have the names of its nominees placed on the general election ballot, a political party required to make nominations by convention must file with the secretary of state, not later than the 75th day after the date of the precinct conventions held under this chapter, lists of precinct convention participants indicating that the number of participants equals at least one percent of the total number of votes received by all candidates for governor in the most recent gubernatorial general election.  The lists must include each participant's residence address and voter registration number.(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 five percent of the total number of votes received by all candidates for that office.(c)  A political party is entitled to have the names of its nominees placed on the general election ballot, without qualifying under Subsection (a) or (b), if the party had a nominee for a statewide office who received a number of votes equal to at least two percent of the total number of votes received by all candidates for that office at least once in the five previous general elections.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 48, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 2504), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Elec COde § 181.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter A. Nominating by Convention Generally|Section 181.007. Notice of Qualifying Parties

Sec. 181.007.  NOTICE OF QUALIFYING PARTIES.  (a)  The secretary of state shall deliver to the authority responsible for having the official general election ballot prepared in each county written notice of the name of each party required to nominate by convention that qualifies to have the names of its nominees placed on the general election ballot.(b)  The notice shall be delivered at the same time as the secretary of state's certification of nominees for statewide and district offices for placement on the general election ballot.(c)  The names of the nominees of a party required to nominate by convention may not be placed on the ballot without the notice.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 181.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter B. Application for Nomination|Section 181.031. Application Required

Sec. 181.031.  APPLICATION REQUIRED.  (a)  To be entitled to be considered for nomination by a convention held under this chapter, a person must make an application for nomination.(b)  An application must comply with the requirements prescribed by Section 141.031 for an application for a place on the ballot, with changes appropriate to indicate that the application is for nomination by a convention instead of for a place on the ballot.(c)  This section does not apply to a nomination for an unexpired term if the vacancy occurs after the 10th day before the date of the regular deadline for filing an application for convention nomination.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 181.0311 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter B. Application for Nomination|Section 181.0311. Filing Fee or Petition Required

Sec. 181.0311.  FILING FEE OR PETITION REQUIRED.  (a)  In addition to any other requirements, to be considered for nomination by convention, a candidate must:(1)  pay a filing fee to the secretary of state for a statewide or district office or the county judge for a county or precinct office; or(2)  submit to the secretary of state for a statewide or district office or the county judge for a county or precinct office a petition in lieu of a filing fee that satisfies the requirements prescribed by Subsection (e) and Section 141.062.(b)  The amount of the filing fee is the amount prescribed by Section 172.024 for a candidate for nomination for the same office in a general primary election.(c)  A filing fee received by the secretary of state shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.(d)  A filing fee received by the county judge shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the county general fund.(e)  The minimum number of signatures that must appear on the petition authorized by Subsection (a) is the number prescribed by Section 172.025 to appear on a petition of a candidate for nomination for the same office in a general primary election.(f)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 822 (H.B. 2504), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Election Code, Section 141.041 by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 149 (S.B. 2093), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Elec COde § 181.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter B. Application for Nomination|Section 181.032. Authority With Whom Application Filed

Sec. 181.032.  AUTHORITY WITH WHOM APPLICATION FILED.  (a)  An application for nomination by a convention must be filed with:(1)  the state chair, for a statewide or district office;  or(2)  the county chair, for a county or precinct office.(b)  Not later than the 10th day after the date of the filing deadline prescribed by Section 181.033, the authority with whom an application is filed shall deliver to the secretary of state a list containing:(1)  each candidate's name;(2)  each candidate's residence address;(3)  the office sought by the candidate;(4)  the date on which the candidate filed the application; and(5)  any additional information required by the secretary of state.(c)  A list delivered under Subsection (b) must be in a format prescribed by the secretary of state.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 190, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 360 (H.B. 1265), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (H.B. 2628), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Elec COde § 181.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter B. Application for Nomination|Section 181.033. Filing Deadline

Sec. 181.033.  FILING DEADLINE.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), an application for nomination by a convention must be filed not later than the regular deadline for candidates to file applications for a place on the general primary ballot.(b)  A political party by rule may extend the filing deadline for applications for nomination for an office for which a candidate who has made an application withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1055 (H.B. 3103), Sec. 11, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Elec COde § 181.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter B. Application for Nomination|Section 181.034. Disposition of Applications

Sec. 181.034.  DISPOSITION OF APPLICATIONS.  (a)  A political party shall provide by rule for transmitting information regarding applications for nomination to the chair of the appropriate convention.(b)  If an application is delivered to a convention, it shall be returned to the authority with whom it was filed not later than the 10th day after the date of the convention.(c)  The authority with whom an application is filed shall preserve each application for two years after the date of the appropriate convention.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 191, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Elec COde § 181.061 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter C. Conventions|Section 181.061. Conventions at Which Nominations Made

Sec. 181.061.  CONVENTIONS AT WHICH NOMINATIONS MADE.  (a)  A political party nominating by convention must make its nominations for statewide offices at a state convention held on the second Saturday in April of the election year, except that if the Sunday after the second Saturday in April in an election year is the date of the Easter holiday, the state convention must be held on the third Saturday in April of that year.  The state convention consists of delegates selected at the county conventions held under Subsection (c).(b)  A party nominating by convention must make its nominations for offices of districts situated in more than one county at district conventions held on the second Saturday after the second Tuesday in March.  A district convention consists of delegates selected at the county conventions held under Subsection (c).(c)  A party nominating by convention must make its nominations for county and precinct offices and for offices of districts not situated in more than one county at county conventions held on the first Saturday after the second Tuesday in March.  A county convention consists of delegates selected at precinct conventions held on the second Tuesday in March in the regular county election precincts.(d)  A party by rule may limit the delegates making nominations to those from the territory from which the office sought is elected.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 576 (S.B. 817), Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Elec COde § 181.062 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter C. Conventions|Section 181.062. Number of Delegates Selected

Sec. 181.062.  NUMBER OF DELEGATES SELECTED.  A political party shall provide by rule for the number of delegates to be selected at the precinct conventions for the county conventions and the number of delegates to be selected at the county conventions for the district conventions and the state convention held under this chapter.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 181.063 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter C. Conventions|Section 181.063. Hour and Place of Precinct and County Conventions

Sec. 181.063.  HOUR AND PLACE OF PRECINCT AND COUNTY CONVENTIONS.  The hours and places for convening the county convention and precinct conventions held under this chapter shall be set as provided by Section 174.022 for setting the hours and places of precinct conventions of a party holding a primary election.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1054 (H.B. 3102), Sec. 29, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Elec COde § 181.064 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter C. Conventions|Section 181.064. Notice of Hour and Place

Sec. 181.064.  NOTICE OF HOUR AND PLACE.  Notice of the hour and place for convening the county convention and precinct conventions held under this chapter shall be posted and delivered as provided by Section 174.023 for posting and delivering notice of the hour and place for convening precinct conventions for a party holding a primary election, except that notice of a county convention shall:(1)  be posted for the 10 days immediately preceding the date of the county convention;  and(2)  be delivered to the county clerk not later than the 10th day before the date of the county convention.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 181.065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter C. Conventions|Section 181.065. Participant to Be Registered Voter

Sec. 181.065.  PARTICIPANT TO BE REGISTERED VOTER.  To be eligible to participate in a precinct convention held under this chapter, a person must be a registered voter of the precinct or a precinct resident who is eligible to vote a limited ballot.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 181.066 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter C. Conventions|Section 181.066. Organizing Precinct Convention

Sec. 181.066.  ORGANIZING PRECINCT CONVENTION.  (a)  Unless the state executive committee has adopted rules providing that the precinct chair is the permanent chair, the precinct chair is the temporary chair of a precinct convention held under this chapter.  If the precinct chair is absent or declines the position, a participant may act as a temporary chair.(b)  Before conducting business, the precinct chair or temporary chair shall prepare a list containing the name and residence address of each person who is admitted to participate in the convention.  In preparing the list, the chair shall use information from preregistration if the party has adopted a preregistration process under Section 162.017.(c)  The precinct chair or temporary chair shall call the convention to order.(d)  The convention shall select a convention chair if a temporary chair is acting as chair. The convention may select any other officers considered necessary to conduct the convention's business.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 192, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1054 (H.B. 3102), Sec. 30, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Elec COde § 181.067 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter C. Conventions|Section 181.067. Delivery of List of Precinct Convention Participants

Sec. 181.067.  DELIVERY OF LIST OF PRECINCT CONVENTION PARTICIPANTS.  (a)  The chair of a precinct convention shall sign and make a copy of the list of precinct convention participants required by Section 181.066(b).(b)  The convention chair shall deliver the original and copy to the county chair not later than the third day after the date of the precinct convention, except that if delivered by mail they shall be deposited in the mail not later than the second day after the date of the precinct convention.(c)  If the party is required to nominate by convention, the convention chair shall make an additional copy of the list and deliver it to the state chair not later than the third day after the date of the precinct convention.(d)  An electronic submission to the county chair through a system created by party rule constitutes a complete delivery under Subsection (b).|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 193, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1054 (H.B. 3102), Sec. 31, eff. June 14, 2013.|
TX Elec COde § 181.068 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 10 - Political Parties|Subtitle C - Parties Nominating by Convention|Chapter 181 - Party With State Organization|Subchapter C. Conventions|Section 181.068. Party's Certification of Nominees

Sec. 181.068.  PARTY'S CERTIFICATION OF NOMINEES.  (a)  The presiding officer of each convention held under this chapter shall certify, in a format prescribed by the secretary of state, for placement on the general election ballot the name and address of each candidate nominated by the convention.(b)  Not later than the 20th day after the date of the convention making the nomination, the presiding officer shall deliver the certification to:(1)  the authority responsible for having the official general election ballot prepared in the county, for certification of a county or precinct office;  or(2)  the secretary of state, for certification of a statewide or district office.(c)  A presiding officer may not certify a candidate's name if, before delivering the certification, the presiding officer learns that the name is to be omitted from the ballot under Section 145.035.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (H.B. 2628), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Elec COde § 232.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 232 - Contests for Office|Subchapter A. Trial and Disposition of Contest|Section 232.001. Applicability of Chapter

Sec. 232.001.  APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.  This chapter applies to a contest of an election for nomination or election to a public office or an office of a political party.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 232.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 232 - Contests for Office|Subchapter A. Trial and Disposition of Contest|Section 232.002. Contestant

Sec. 232.002.  CONTESTANT.  Any candidate in an election may contest the election.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 232.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 232 - Contests for Office|Subchapter A. Trial and Disposition of Contest|Section 232.003. Contestee: General Rule

Sec. 232.003.  CONTESTEE:  GENERAL RULE.  (a)  If a contested election is for nomination or election to an office for which only one person is to be nominated or elected, the contestee is:(1)  the opposing candidate who is officially determined to be nominated or elected, or in the case of a tie for the most votes, each of the opposing tied candidates;  or(2)  if the final official canvass shows that a runoff election is necessary to decide the nomination or election:(A)  each of the opposing candidates shown by the canvass to be entitled to or tied for a place on the runoff ballot if the contestant is not so entitled or tied;  or(B)  the opposing candidate or candidates shown by the canvass to be entitled to or tied for a place on the runoff ballot if the contestant is so entitled or tied.(b)  If a contested election is for election to an office for which more than one person is to be elected from the same set of candidates, any one or more of the candidates who are officially determined to be elected or to be tied with another candidate for election may be a contestee.  The court may require the joinder of any of the candidates who are not named as contestees.(c)  Except as provided by Section 232.004 or 232.005, this section is exclusive as to the persons who may be named contestee in an election contest.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 232.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 232 - Contests for Office|Subchapter A. Trial and Disposition of Contest|Section 232.004. Substitute Contestee

Sec. 232.004.  SUBSTITUTE CONTESTEE.  (a)  A contestant may name as a substitute contestee the presiding officer of the final canvassing authority for the election if:(1)  a deceased or ineligible candidate receives a sufficient number of votes for nomination or election according to the official result of the contested election;(2)  a candidate who could have been named as contestee under Section 232.003 dies or is declared ineligible before the contest is filed;  or(3)  a contestee dies while a contest is pending.(b)  The costs of an election contest may not be assessed against a contestee named under Subsection (a) or against the governmental or political entity the contestee represents.(c)  If in any of the circumstances described by Subsection (a) a person is appointed to a resulting vacancy in the office or in the nomination for the office, the contestant may name the appointee as a substitute contestee or the appointee may intervene on the side of the contestee.(d)  In any of the circumstances described by Subsection (a), the district court may permit one or more qualified voters who voted in the election to intervene for the purpose of representing the interests of the voters who voted for the deceased or ineligible candidate.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 232.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 232 - Contests for Office|Subchapter A. Trial and Disposition of Contest|Section 232.005. Additional Contestee

Sec. 232.005.  ADDITIONAL CONTESTEE.  The district court may require or permit any one or more candidates in a contested election to be named as contestee or may permit the candidates to intervene on the side of the contestee, as the court determines the circumstances warrant.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|
TX Elec COde § 232.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Election Code|Title 14 - Election Contests|Subtitle B - Contests in District Court|Chapter 232 - Contests for Office|Subchapter A. Trial and Disposition of Contest|Section 232.006. Venue

Sec. 232.006.  VENUE.  (a)  The venue of an election contest for a statewide office is in Travis County.(b)  The venue of a contest for an office less than statewide that is filled by voters of more than one county is:(1)  in the county in which the contestee or any one of the contestees named under Section 232.003 resides if the residence is in the territory covered by the election;  or(2)  in any county wholly or partly in the territory covered by the election if:(A)  no contestee named under Section 232.003 resides in that territory;  or(B)  none of the contestees is named under Section 232.003.(c)  The venue of a contest for an office filled by voters of only one county is in that county.|Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.|