1. (a) Generally.

   1. (1) Submission of accepted application. Pursuant to §172.029 of the Texas Election Code (the "Code"), for each general primary election, all state and county chairs shall electronically submit information about each candidate who files with the chair an application for a place on the ballot, including an application for the office of a political party, and whose application has been reviewed and accepted for a place on the ballot in accordance with §141.032 of the Code.
   2. (2) Method of submission. The chair shall submit candidate information through an electronic submission service prescribed by the SOS. The SOS shall maintain the submitted information in an online database, in accordance with §172.029(b) of the Code. The SOS is not responsible for the accuracy of the information submitted by the chair; the SOS is responsible only for providing the electronic submission service, displaying the information publicly on its website, and maintaining the online database.
   3. (3) Information required for submission. The electronic submission service will notate the types of information that must be inputted for a complete submission of candidate information. However, the chair must submit any and all information on the candidate's application for which there is an applicable entry field on the electronic submission service.
   4. (4) Public display of information. The SOS will publicly display on its website a limited portion of the information submitted by the chair. For candidates for public office, the SOS will publicly display, via its website, the candidate's name, mailing address, and office sought, along with the office's corresponding precinct, district or place. For candidates for the office of a political party, the website will publicly display the name of the chair and, if applicable, the corresponding numeric identifier.

2. (b) Candidates Filing by Regular Filing Deadline.

   1. (1) Submission deadline. A chair shall submit each candidate's information not later than 24 hours after the chair completes the review of the candidate's application and accepts the application for a place on the ballot. By not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 81st day before general primary election day, the chair shall submit information for all candidates who filed on or before the regular filing deadline and whose applications have been reviewed and accepted for a place on the ballot.
   2. (2) State chair: notification of submission. Upon submission of information for all candidates who filed on or before the regular filing deadline and whose applications have been reviewed and accepted for a place on the ballot, the state chair shall notify the applicable county chairs that candidate information has been submitted for all candidates, in accordance with §172.028 and §172.029 of the Code. Notification may be sent by email, regular mail, or personal delivery, so long as it is delivered by no later than the 81st day before general election primary day.
   3. (3) County chair: delivery of candidate list. Upon submission of information for all candidates who filed on or before the regular filing deadline and whose applications have been reviewed and accepted for a place on the ballot, the county chair shall deliver a copy of the list to the applicable county clerk and state chair, in accordance with §172.029 of the Code. The list must be delivered to the applicable county clerk and state chair by no later than the 81st day before general election primary day.

   4. (4) Failure to submit information. If a chair fails to electronically submit candidate information for all candidates who filed on or before the regular filing deadline and whose applications have been reviewed and accepted for a place on the ballot, then the chair is directly responsible for delivering a certified list of all candidates to:

      1. (A) the applicable county chairs, if the submitting chair is a state chair; or
      2. (B) the applicable county clerk and state chair, if the submitting chair is a county chair.

3. (c) Candidates Filing by Extended Filing Deadline.

   1. (1) Removal of candidate. Pursuant to §172.057 of the Code, a chair shall immediately remove a candidate's information from the electronic submission service if the candidate withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or before the first day after the date of the regular filing deadline.
   2. (2) Submission of new candidate. If a candidate files an application with the chair for an office sought by a withdrawn, deceased, or ineligible candidate, and the candidate files an application that complies with the applicable requirements during the extended filing period, the chair shall immediately notify the SOS of the candidate's filing.
   3. (3) Notification. Pursuant to §172.056(b) of the Code, the chair shall notify the county chairs, the county clerk, or the state chair, as applicable, that a candidate filed an application that complied with the applicable requirements during the extended filing period. Notification shall be made by email, regular mail, or personal delivery.
   4. (4) Court order. If a court orders a candidate's name to be placed on the ballot or removed from the ballot, the chair shall immediately notify the SOS.

Source Note:The provisions of this §81.112 adopted to be effective January 9, 2014, 39 TexReg 209.