{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-142.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 142.009","heading":"PETITION TO BE CIRCULATED AFTER PRIMARY.","body":"A signature on a candidate's petition is invalid if the signer:\n(1) signed the petition on or before general primary election day or, if a runoff primary is held for the office sought by the candidate, on or before runoff primary election day; or\n(2) voted in the general or runoff primary election of a political party that made a nomination, at either primary, for the office sought by the 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#142.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"753923fcfb0344c1db0aab3cee6c8bbbfcd8281fdf8bbf12082ccb4d68c0f76b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-142.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-142.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}