The county chair, or sometimes the state chair, must oversee the drawing that sets the order of names on each county’s general primary ballot, and the county chair must give notice and notify candidates.
Sec. 172.082. ORDER OF NAMES ON GENERAL PRIMARY BALLOT: REGULAR DRAWING. (a) The order of the candidates' names on the general primary election ballot for each county shall be determined by a drawing. (b) The county chair or the county chair's designee shall conduct the drawing unless the county executive committee provides by resolution that the drawing be conducted by the primary committee. (c) The drawing shall be conducted not later than the 10th day after the date of the regular filing deadline for the general primary election. (d) Each candidate affected by a drawing is entitled to be present or have a representative present at the drawing. (e) The county chair shall post notice of the date, hour, and place of the drawing for at least 24 consecutive hours immediately before the drawing begins. The notice shall be posted on the party's Internet website, if the party maintains a website. If the party does not maintain a website, the notice shall be posted on the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the commissioners court. All candidates who provide an e-mail address on their filing form shall be notified electronically. (f) The state chair shall conduct the drawing if: (1) the county chair requests that the state chair conduct the drawing; or (2) the county chair or the county chair's designee fails to conduct the drawing by the deadline set in this section. (g) A designee appointed by the county chair to conduct the drawing under this section must be: (1) a member of the county executive committee; or (2) if no member of the county executive committee is available to conduct the drawing, a resident of the county served by the committee who is affiliated with the same political party. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 17, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 864, Sec. 138, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1318 (S.B. 100), Sec. 37, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1055 (H.B. 3103), Sec. 5, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 84 (S.B. 1703), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 828 (H.B. 1735), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1131 (H.B. 2640), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2019.