Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 8: Difference between revisions

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* ''Burroughs v. Lyles'', 181 S.W.2d 570, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/181_S.W.2d_570.pdf#page=6 575] (Tex. 1944) ("Under the plain terms of the above statutes, Long, who is ineligible to hold the office which he seeks, is not entitled to have his name placed on the ballot as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for such office. . . . It is true that Article III, Section 8, of the Constitution provides that each house of the Legislature shall be the judge of the qualifications and election of its own members, but this does not prohibit the Legislature from enacting reasonable regulations to prevent those disqualified by law from placing their names on the ballot.")
* ''Burroughs v. Lyles'', 181 S.W.2d 570, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/181_S.W.2d_570.pdf#page=6 575] (Tex. 1944) ("Under the plain terms of the above statutes, Long, who is ineligible to hold the office which he seeks, is not entitled to have his name placed on the ballot as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for such office. . . . It is true that Article III, Section 8, of the Constitution provides that each house of the Legislature shall be the judge of the qualifications and election of its own members, but this does not prohibit the Legislature from enacting reasonable regulations to prevent those disqualified by law from placing their names on the ballot.")
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