Judge Parish declares Precinct 2 vacant and appoints Mark Muir
Judge Curtis Parish said Commissioner Jason Corley—s campaign activity created an "automatic resignation" under Texas law and appointed Mark Allen Muir to fill the Precinct 2 seat; Muir took the oath and was seated immediately.
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Lubbock County Judge Curtis Parish announced that Commissioner Jason Corley—s recent communications and exploratory committee activity amounted to an "automatic resignation" under the Texas Constitution and the Texas Election Code, leaving the Precinct 2 seat vacant. Parish cited the state constitution and the election code as the basis for declaring the vacancy and said he would fill the seat under Texas Local Government Code —87.042.
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