{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 172.023","heading":"REGULAR FILING PERIOD.","body":"(a) An application for a place on the general primary election ballot must be filed not later than 6 p.m. on the second Monday in December of an odd-numbered year unless the filing deadline is extended under Subchapter C.\n(b) An application, other than an application for the office of precinct chair, may not be filed earlier than the 30th day before the date of the regular filing deadline. An application for the office of precinct chair may not be filed earlier than the 90th day before the date of the regular filing deadline.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 127, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 29, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION","CHAPTER 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION FOR PLACE ON BALLOT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm#172.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"5d8c1a7573e2fe5d09bbf1037e083b1b0ffb0766a19fe2bb758edc9996cd19fd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.0223","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}