{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.086","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 172.086","heading":"PLEDGE ON BALLOT.","body":"The following pledge shall be placed on the primary election ballot above the listing of candidates' names: \"I am a (insert appropriate political party) and understand that I am ineligible to vote or participate in another political party's primary election or convention during this voting year.\"\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 10. POLITICAL PARTIES","SUBTITLE B. PARTIES NOMINATING BY PRIMARY ELECTION","CHAPTER 172. PRIMARY ELECTIONS","SUBCHAPTER D. BALLOT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm#172.086","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"6d8ce15c57414ed36096997463fa4f898ccf371e4b2298db95b65cc373472960","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.085","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-172.087"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}