Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Election Code § 52.004: FAILURE TO PLACE CANDIDATE'S NAME ON BALLOT.

Where this section sits in the code

ELECTION CODE
TITLE 5. ELECTION SUPPLIES
CHAPTER 52. BALLOT FORM, CONTENT, AND PREPARATION
SUBCHAPTER A. PREPARING THE BALLOT

(a) A person commits an offense if the person is responsible for having the official ballot prepared for an election and knowingly fails to place on the ballot the name of a candidate who is entitled to have the candidate's name placed on the ballot.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 50, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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