{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-146.022","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 146.022","heading":"CANDIDATE'S NAME REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON LIST.","body":"A write-in vote may not be counted unless the name written in appears on the list of write-in candidates required by Section 146.031.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 9. CANDIDATES","CHAPTER 146. WRITE-IN CANDIDATE","SUBCHAPTER B. WRITE-IN CANDIDATE IN GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.146.htm#146.022","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"ee884e63187e49416ee73ff34f86bb745fa07ab38fe47fac0f165eb8cb06df03","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-146.021","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-146.023"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}