{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-142.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 142.008","heading":"STATEMENT ON PETITION.","body":"The following statement must appear at the top of each page of a candidate's petition: \"I know the purpose of this petition. I have not voted in the general primary election or runoff primary election of any political party that has nominated, at either election, a candidate for the office of (insert office title) for which (insert candidate's name) is a candidate.\"\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 9. CANDIDATES","CHAPTER 142. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.142.htm#142.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"423a5d08f526ff0f135a8b246b73bf70228583806a5685ca0e574c5a373c0469","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-142.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-142.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}