{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-144.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 144.002","heading":"INDEPENDENT CANDIDACY REQUIRED.","body":"A candidate's name may appear on the ballot only as an independent.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 9. CANDIDATES","CHAPTER 144. CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OTHER THAN COUNTY OR CITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.144.htm#144.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"024df549b9ed8fcdd8e83159cd05d785246849757257a1c95c69e46f3004dc02","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-144.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-144.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}