Sec. 192.031. PARTY CANDIDATE'S ENTITLEMENT TO PLACE ON BALLOT. (a) A political party is entitled to have the names of its nominees for president and vice-president of the United States placed on the ballot in a presidential general election if: (1) the nominees possess the qualifications for those offices prescribed by federal law; (2) the party's state chair signs a written certification of: (A) the names of the party's nominees for president and vice-president; and (B) the names and residence addresses of presidential elector candidates nominated by the party, in a number equal to the number of presidential electors that federal law allocates to this state; (3) the party's state chair delivers the written certification to the secretary of state before the later of: (A) 5 p.m. of the 71st day before presidential election day; or (B) 5 p.m. of the first business day after the date of final adjournment of the party's national presidential nominating convention; and (4) the party is: (A) required or authorized by Subchapter A of Chapter 172 to make its nominations by primary election; or (B) entitled to have the names of its nominees placed on the general election ballot under Chapter 181 . (b) If the state chair's certification of the party's nominees is delivered by mail, it is considered to be delivered at the time of its receipt by the secretary of state.
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