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== add ? == "An 'announcement' under this provision must be both certain and public." Article XVI, section 65 does not define the term “announce.” See TEX. CONST. art. XVI, § 65; see also Tex. Att’y Gen. Op. No. GA-0643 (2008) at 5. Prior opinions from this office, relying on the term’s ordinary meaning, explain “that an officer announces candidacy for office by making a written or oral statement from which a reasonable person may conclude that the individual intends, without qualification, to run for the office in question.” Tex. Att’y Gen. Op. No. GA-0769 (2010) at 2; see also id. Nos. GA-0643 (2008) at 6, GA-0210 (2004) at 2, JC-0249 (2000) at 2. For similar reasons, this office construes “announce” to require the candidate’s statement be made in a public setting or be otherwise available to the public. See id. Nos. GA-0769 (2010) at 2, GA-0210 (2004) at 2, DM-377 (1996) at 2, WW-1253 (1962) at 2‒3. Accordingly, article XVI, section 65 requires the candidate’s announcement to “be both certain and public.” Id. Nos. GA-0769 (2010) at 2, GA-0210 (2004) at 2. https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2020/kp-0301.pdf
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