| 1 | 1 | | By: Hughes S.B. No. 1660 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the qualifications necessary for a political party to |
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| 7 | 7 | | have the names of its nominees placed on the ballot. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Sections 181.005(b) and (c), Election Code, are |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (b) A political party is entitled to have the names of its |
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| 12 | 12 | | nominees placed on the ballot, without qualifying under Subsection |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a), in each subsequent general election following a general |
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| 14 | 14 | | election in which the party had a nominee for a statewide office who |
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| 15 | 15 | | received a number of votes equal to at least 10 [five] percent of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the total number of votes received by all candidates for that |
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| 17 | 17 | | office. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) A political party is entitled to have the names of its |
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| 19 | 19 | | nominees placed on the general election ballot, without qualifying |
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| 20 | 20 | | under Subsection (a) or (b), if the party had a nominee for a |
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| 21 | 21 | | statewide office who received a number of votes equal to at least 10 |
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| 22 | 22 | | [two] percent of the total number of votes received by all |
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| 23 | 23 | | candidates for that office at least once in the five previous |
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| 24 | 24 | | general elections. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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