Texas Election Code

§ 241.024 — CANDIDATES IN NEW ELECTION

EL § 241.024Title 14. ELECTION CONTESTS · Part C. CONTESTS IN OTHER TRIBUNALS · Ch. 241. CONTEST FOR STATE SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE

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(a)The candidates in a new election ordered in an election contest in which the election is declared void under this chapter are determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 232, Subchapter B, prescribing the candidates in a new election ordered by a court.

(b)In a new election in which replacement candidates are permitted on the ballot, the governor shall set the filing deadlines that are set by the district court in a new election ordered by a court.

(c)The governor shall set the deadline for withdrawal from a new election.

Legislative history

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