Dec. 11 is not just the cutoff date for Republicans and
Democrats to file to enter their primaries. That date, at 6 p.m., is also the
deadline for prospective candidates filing in the Green conventions to submit
their application to cochair@txgreens.org for the 2018
election.
The Green Party of Texas seeks candidates for statewide
office to participate in the 2018 ballot
access drive and elections. GPTX SEC recommends candidates for
district and local offices file as independents in order to not be hindered by
the higher petition signature requirements needed for party ballot access.
The issue of statewide party ballot access remains under
discussion.
More information can be found on the TX Secretary
of State's Candidate Guide, and in this Prospective
Candidate Information.
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Texas Greens then face a February 2017 deadline. With the hottest, and best-optioned, Democratic governor's race in 20 years, the state Green party needs to decide before the start of early voting, per that short paragraph above, whether to seek ballot access.
Brains reminds us that, as of Dec. 1, no Democrat has yet filed for Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8. There you go, Greens; if that stands, you have to A: Have somebody prepared to run for that spot and B: Do the petition drive. That's because A alone isn't good enough; a write-in candidate for a judicial spot isn't getting 5 percent.
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