(a)
The secretary of state shall certify in writing
[for placement on the ballot]
the name of a political party's replacement nominee for president or vice-president of the United States
as follows
[if]
:
(1)
for placement on the ballot for an
[the]
original nominee
who
withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible on or before the 74th day before presidential election day
if
[; and]
[(2)]
the party's state chair delivers certification of the replacement nominee's name, signed by the state chair, to the secretary of state not later than 5 p.m. of the 71st day before presidential election day
; or
(2)
to the nominating party's presidential elector candidates for an original nominee who withdraws, dies, or is declared ineligible after the 74th day before presidential election day if the party's state chair delivers certification of the replacement nominee's name, signed by the state chair, to the secretary of state not later than 2 p.m. on the Monday after the second Wednesday in December of a presidential election year
.
(b)
If the state chair's certification of a replacement nominee is delivered by mail, it is considered to be delivered at the time of its receipt by the secretary of state.
(c)
The name of a nominee who has withdrawn, died, or been declared ineligible shall be omitted from the ballot and the name of the replacement nominee placed on the ballot if a replacement nominee is certified for placement on the ballot as provided by this section. Otherwise, the withdrawn, deceased, or ineligible nominee's name shall be placed on the ballot.
(d)
A vote for a withdrawn, deceased, or ineligible nominee whose name appears on the ballot shall be counted as a vote for the nominating political party's presidential elector candidates.
History
Amended by
Acts
2023
,
Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session
, ch.
998
,
Sec.
5
, eff.
6/18/2023
.
Amended by
Acts
2015
,
Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session
, ch.
84
,
Sec.
25
, eff.
9/1/2015
.
Amended by
Acts
2005
, 79th Leg., Ch.
1109
,
Sec.
23
, eff.
9/1/2005
.
Amended by
Acts
1997
, 75th Leg., ch.
864
,
Sec.
205
, eff.
9/1/1997
.
Acts
1985
, 69th Leg., ch.
211
, Sec. 1, eff.
1/1/1986
.