ELECTION CODE

TITLE 11. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 191. SELECTION OF DELEGATES TO NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTION

SUBCHAPTER A. PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION

Sec. 191.001.  PARTIES REQUIRED TO HOLD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION.  To be entitled to have its nominees for president and vice-president of the United States placed on the general election ballot in a particular presidential election year, a political party must hold a presidential primary election in this state if:
(1)  in the presidential election year, the party is required by this code to nominate its candidates for state and county offices by primary election;
(2)  a presidential primary election is authorized under national party rules;  and
(3)  before January 1 of the presidential election year, the national party has determined that it will hold a national presidential nominating convention that year.
Added by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.