Sec. 145.094. WITHDRAWN, DECEASED, OR INELIGIBLE CANDIDATE'S NAME OMITTED FROM BALLOT

1. (a) The name of a candidate shall be omitted from the ballot if the candidate:

   1. (1) dies before the second day before the date of the deadline for filing the candidate's application for a place on the ballot;
   2. (2) withdraws or is declared ineligible before 5 p.m. of the second day before the beginning of early voting by personal appearance, in an election subject to Section 145.092(a); or
   3. (3) withdraws or is declared ineligible before 5 p.m. of the 53rd day before election day, in an election subject to Section 145.092(b).
2. (b) This section does not apply to a runoff election.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 472, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;

Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 203, Sec. 2.60;

Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 925, Sec. 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1164 (H.B. 2817), Sec. 32, eff. September 1, 2011.