Texas Election Code 141.066 – Signing More Than One Petition Prohibited
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(a) A person may not sign the petition of more than one candidate for the same office in the same election.
(b) The following statement must appear at the top of each page of a petition: “Signing the petition of more than one candidate for the same office in the same election is prohibited.”
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 141.066
- 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
- Signature: includes the mark of a person unable to write, and "subscribe" includes the making of such a mark. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) A signature on a candidate’s petition is invalid if the signer signed the petition subsequent to signing a petition of another candidate for the same office in the same election.