Texas Election Code

§ 141.063 — VALIDITY OF SIGNATURE

EL § 141.063Title 9. CANDIDATES · Ch. 141. CANDIDACY FOR PUBLIC OFFICE GENERALLY · Art. C. PETITION

Statute text

(a)A signature on a petition is valid if:

(1)except as otherwise provided by this code, the signer, at the time of signing, is a registered voter of the territory from which the office sought is elected or has been issued a registration certificate for a registration that will become effective in that territory on or before the date of the applicable election;

(2)the petition includes the following information with respect to each signer:

(A)the signer's residence address;

(B)the signer's date of birth or the signer's voter registration number and, if the territory from which signatures must be obtained is situated in more than one county, the county of registration;

(C)the date of signing; and

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 726 (H.B. 1509), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 711 (H.B. 3107), Sec. 80, eff. September 1, 2021.