Texas Supreme Court
In Re San Juanita Sanchez, Pete Garcia, and Esperanza Lopez Flores, Relators
August 29, 200245 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1257
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court held that Texas Election Code §143.005 permits a home‑rule city to set a filing deadline for municipal election applications that differs from the 45‑day deadline in §143.007. Accordingly, San Juan's charter deadline of thirty days before the election governs, and the city secretary must accept the relators' applications filed within that period. The Court denied the Secretary of State's arguments and the relators' motion for rehearing.