Section 144.006 - Filing Deadline for Declared Write-In Candidate(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a declaration of write-in candidacy must be filed not later than 5 p.m. of the fifth day after the date an application for a place on the ballot is required to be filed in an election in which: (1) the filing deadline for an application for a place on the ballot is the 62nd day before election day; and(2) write-in votes may be counted only for names appearing on a list of declared write-in candidates.(b) For an election to be held on a uniform election date, the day of the filing deadline is the 74th day before election day.(c) A write-in candidate may not withdraw from the election after the 71st day before election day.Tex. Elec. Code § 144.006
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 84,Sec. 11, eff. 9/1/2015.Amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318, Sec. 19, eff. 9/1/2011.Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1109, Sec. 6, eff. 9/1/2005.Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1316, Sec. 35, eff. 9/1/2003.