{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.065","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 145.065","heading":"DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO APPEAR ON GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.","body":"If a candidate dies or is declared ineligible after the 74th day before election day, the candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.\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#145.065","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"aa8540252d8d1e5e6e83e1c0811275e697011a465cc664c556861b01c5216359","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.064","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.091"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}