{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.064","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 145.064","heading":"WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME OMITTED FROM BALLOT.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a candidate's name shall be omitted from the ballot if the candidate withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or before the 74th day before election day.\n(b) The name of a deceased candidate may not be omitted if:\n(1) the decedent was the incumbent in the office for which the decedent was a candidate; or\n(2) no other candidate's name is to appear on the ballot in the race in which the decedent was a candidate.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 104, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 2339), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 9. CANDIDATES","CHAPTER 145. WITHDRAWAL, DEATH AND INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE","SUBCHAPTER C. INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.145.htm#145.064","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"57633a2fd87f9c35fe3326763521e28087e3c880bc9fa02d52e0713163141e26","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.063","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.065"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}