Texas § 172.053 ADMINISTRATIVE DECLARATION OF INELIGIBILITY AFTER POLLS CLOSE.

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§ 172.053 — ADMINISTRATIVE DECLARATION OF INELIGIBILITY AFTER POLLS CLOSE.

Texas § 172.053

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Tex. Election Code Code Ann. § 172.053 (2026).

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Sec. 172.053. ADMINISTRATIVE DECLARATION OF INELIGIBILITY AFTER POLLS CLOSE. Except for a judicial action in which a candidate's eligibility is in issue, after the polls close on primary election day and before the final canvass for the office sought by the candidate is completed, a candidate for nomination may be declared ineligible only by the presiding officer of the primary's final canvassing authority for that office.

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Sec. 172.053. ADMINISTRATIVE DECLARATION OF INELIGIBILITY AFTER POLLS CLOSE. Except for a judicial action in which a candidate's eligibility is in issue, after the polls close on primary election day and before the final canvass for the office sought by the candidate is completed, a candidate for nomination may be declared ineligible only by the presiding officer of the primary's final canvassing authority for that office.