GENERAL RULES FOR CANDIDATES - STATE RULE 43
Rule
No. 43 -
Candidate Platform Review
Any candidate running as a Republican for any public office on any
ballot in the State of Texas shall be
provided a copy of the Texas Republican Party Platform by the
Republican Party of Texas. The Republican
Party of Texas shall make an electronic copy of the platform available
to each candidate upon request. The
County or State Chairman shall distribute a copy of the Texas
Republican Party Platform to each candidate
along with all other candidate application papers. The candidate may
indicate for each bullet item of the Party
Principles included in the Preamble of the Texas Republican Party
Platform, whether the candidate agrees,
disagrees, or is undecided, as to each item, with comments if desired.
The County or State Chairman shall
also request that each candidate read the entire Texas Republican Party
Platform and choose at least ten (10)
line items from the Texas Republican Party Platform that the candidate
strongly supports. The SREC shall
also have the newest platform available to the candidates within two
(2) months after the adoption of the
Texas Republican Party Platform by the Republican Party of Texas
Convention Delegates. Candidates for
federal or state at-large office should file the completed platform
containing the candidate’s responses at the
time of filing for office with the Republican Party of Texas. District
and local candidates should file the
completed platform containing the candidate’s responses at the time of
filing with their SREC member(s) or
County Chairmen of the districts, or counties, respectively, in which
they are running. The candidate’s
completed platform response shall be made available by the appropriate
party official for one (1) year from
the date of filing at reproduction costs to any person requesting such.
Rule
No. 43A
The Platform Committee of the Biennial State Convention shall prepare a
list of no less than ten (10) and no
more than twenty (20) principles included in the Preamble of the Texas
Republican Party Platform which
clearly defines the Republican Party of Texas’ values, with the
knowledge and purpose that they be used to
identify candidate values as stated in Rule No. 43. If a candidate does
not return the candidate’s completed
platform response, or fails to complete and return the Candidate
Resource Committee (CRC) funding
application platform questions, the candidate shall not be eligible to
receive funds from the Candidate
Resource Committee (CRC) of the SREC.