Bill Text: TX SB1660 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1660

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the qualifications necessary for a political party to have the names of its nominees placed on the ballot.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1660 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1660-Introduced.html



	By: Hughes	S.B. No. 1660


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the qualifications necessary for a political party to
	have the names of its nominees placed on the ballot.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Sections 181.005(b) and (c), Election Code, are
	amended to read as follows:
	(b) A political party is entitled to have the names of its
	nominees placed on the ballot, without qualifying under Subsection
	(a), in each subsequent general election following a general
	election in which the party had a nominee for a statewide office who
	received a number of votes equal to at least 10 [~~five~~] percent of
	the total number of votes received by all candidates for that
	office.
	(c) A political party is entitled to have the names of its
	nominees placed on the general election ballot, without qualifying
	under Subsection (a) or (b), if the party had a nominee for a
	statewide office who received a number of votes equal to at least 10
	[~~two~~] percent of the total number of votes received by all
	candidates for that office at least once in the five previous
	general elections.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.