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Terms Used In Texas Election Code 162.003

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Primary election: means an election held by a political party under Chapter 172 to select its nominees for public office, and, unless the context indicates otherwise, the term includes a presidential primary election. See Texas Election Code 1.005

A person becomes affiliated with a political party when the person:
(1) is accepted to vote in the party’s primary election; or
(2) returns an early voting or limited primary ballot voted by mail.