{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-162.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 162.003","heading":"AFFILIATION BY VOTING IN PRIMARY.","body":"A person becomes affiliated with a political party when the person:\n(1) is accepted to vote in the party's primary election; or\n(2) returns an early voting or limited primary ballot voted by mail.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.62; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE A. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 162. REGULATING PARTICIPATION IN PARTY AFFAIRS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.162.htm#162.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"50a55290acefa2d777caaac285dfa886ee8837c017f4fce949665509c734c050","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-162.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-162.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}