Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 4 - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE › Chapter 81 - ELECTIONS › Subchapter F - PRIMARY ELECTIONS › Section 81.112 - List of Candidates and Filing Fees

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Submission of information.
(1) Submission of filed application. Pursuant
				  to §§
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				  172.029,
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				  172.117, and
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				  172.122 of the Texas Election Code, for each
				  general primary election, all state and county chairs shall electronically
				  submit information about each candidate who files with the chair an application
				  for a place on the ballot, including an application for the office of a
				  political party, and shall certify the returns and the final list of candidates
				  by electronic affidavit through the electronic submission service prescribed by
				  SOS referenced in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
(2) Method of submission. The chair shall
				  submit candidate information through an electronic submission service
				  prescribed by the SOS. The SOS shall maintain the submitted information in an
				  online database, in accordance with §
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				  172.029(b) of the Texas
				  Election Code. The SOS is not responsible for the accuracy of the information
				  submitted by the chair; the SOS is responsible only for providing the
				  electronic submission service, displaying the information publicly on its
				  website, and maintaining the online database.
(3) Information required for submission. The
				  electronic submission service will notate the types of information that must be
				  inputted for a complete submission of candidate information. However, the chair
				  must submit any and all information on the candidate's application for which
				  there is an applicable entry field on the electronic submission
				  service.
(4) Submission deadline. A
				  chair shall submit a candidate's information and a notation of each candidate's
				  status not later than 24 hours after the chair completes the review of the
				  candidate's application, in accordance with §
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				  172.029 of the Texas Election Code. By not
				  later than the 8th day after the regular filing deadline, the chair shall
				  submit a candidate's information and a notation concerning the candidate's
				  status for all candidates who filed, in accordance with §
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				  172.029 of the Texas Election Code. The
				  county chair will not be able to make modifications to the submitted
				  information or notations on or after the 9th day after the regular filing
				  deadline. If modifications to a candidate's information or notation are
				  required on or after the 9th day after the regular filing deadline, such
				  changes must be made by the state chair after notifying the SOS.
(5) Submission of nominee by executive
				  committee. If a candidate is nominated by the appropriate executive committee
				  for a place on the general election ballot in accordance with §
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				  145.036 or §
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				  202.006 of the Texas Election Code, the
				  appropriate county chair shall notify the state chair who shall submit the
				  candidate's information and notation through the electronic submission service
				  prescribed by the SOS, in accordance with §
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				  172.029 of the Texas Election Code. The
				  submission of the candidate's information and notation shall be completed not
				  later than 5 p.m. on the 71st day before general election day to allow for the
				  preparation of the general election ballot by the authority printing the
				  ballots.
(6) Time for notations.
				  For candidates not updated automatically after the canvass results are recorded
				  in the electronic submission service prescribed by the SOS, the county chair
				  will be able to update notations to describe the status of each candidate after
				  the canvass. If modification to the notation is needed, the appropriate chair
				  will update the candidate information to reflect the candidate's status from
				  the list of notations available. The notations must be complete and accurate
				  not later than 5 p.m. on the 71st day before general election day to allow for
				  the preparation of the general election ballot by the authority printing the
				  ballots.