{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.096","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 145.096","heading":"DECEASED OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME TO APPEAR ON BALLOT.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 145.098(b), a candidate's name shall be placed on the ballot if the candidate:\n(1) dies on or after the second day before the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot;\n(2) is declared ineligible after 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot, in an election subject to Section 145.092(a);\n(3) is declared ineligible after 5 p.m. of the 57th day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(b); or\n(4) is declared ineligible after 5 p.m. of the 71st day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(f).\n(b) If a candidate in a runoff election dies or is declared ineligible before runoff election day, the candidate's name shall be placed on the runoff election ballot.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.61; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 925, Sec. 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109 (H.B. 2339), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1178 (S.B. 910), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1703), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2015.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 172 (H.B. 1067), Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 2019.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 9. CANDIDATES","CHAPTER 145. WITHDRAWAL, DEATH AND INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE","SUBCHAPTER D. CANDIDATE IN ELECTION OTHER THAN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.145.htm#145.096","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"f4f43328b7835c3b93e8050d922c05bda31369972ed3662c93f56d20d816fc4f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.095","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-145.097"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}