(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall have placed on the ballot the name of each candidate:
(1) who has filed with the authority an application for a place on the ballot that complies with the requirements as to form, content, and procedure that the application must satisfy for the candidate’s name to be placed on the ballot; or
(2) whose entitlement to placement on the ballot has been lawfully certified to the authority.
(b) A candidate’s name shall be placed on the ballot in the form indicated on the candidate’s application or, if the application was not filed with the authority, in the form certified to the authority.

Terms Used In Texas Election Code 52.003

  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Law: means a constitution, statute, city charter, or city ordinance. See Texas Election Code 1.005

(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, in a runoff election, the authority shall have placed on the ballot the name of each candidate who is entitled to a place on the runoff ballot as indicated by the canvass for the main election.

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