{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-191.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 191.001","heading":"PARTIES REQUIRED TO HOLD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION.","body":"To be entitled to have its nominees for president and vice-president of the United States placed on the general election ballot in a particular presidential election year, a political party must hold a presidential primary election in this state if:\n(1) in the presidential election year, the party is required by this code to nominate its candidates for state and county offices by primary election;\n(2) a presidential primary election is authorized under national party rules; and\n(3) before January 1 of the presidential election year, the national party has determined that it will hold a national presidential nominating convention that year.\nAdded by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 11. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 191. SELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTION","SUBCHAPTER A. PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.191.htm#191.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"9b22244f7475cc88a4d5b069456567b8a7571e96678dd1c8edb1f9844855c9ab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-182.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-191.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}