Chapter 277 of the Election Code applies to all election petitions filed under a law outside the Election Code except for a local option liquor election ...

A sample petition that counsel may use to commence a civil lawsuit in a Texas district and county court lawsuit. This Standard Document contains integrated ...

Signing the petition of more than one candidate for the same office in the same election is prohibited. (Se prohibe firmar la petición de más de un candidato ...

Legal requirements for citizen petitions can be found in the Texas Constitution, Texas Statutes, the Plano City Charter, and case law developed by the courts of ...

Austin citizens may submit initiative petitions, referendum petitions, recall petitions, or charter amendment petitions.

The City of Houston Charter (the “City Charter”) authorizes direct legislation by the public through the initiative and referendum petition process. The City ...

References: Texas Local Government Code Chapter 9; San Antonio City Charter Article IV. 1. How many signatures need to be on a petition to initiate an ordinance ...

The Texas State Law Library publishes legal research guides to help both self-represented litigants/pro se litigants and attorneys/legal practitioners ...

The signatures to initiative, referendum or recall petitions need not all be appended to one paper, but to each separate petition there shall be attached an ...