The law also states that the signatures on a petition cannot be collected until after all primaries and run-offs for that office are complete. So if you sign a petition now, your signature won’t count.

So remember if you are thinking of supporting an independent candidate that will be collecting signatures, then you might want to think twice about voting in the primaries.

As an example, if you plan to support independents, Carol Keeton Strayhorn, or Kinky Friedman, voting in the March primary election makes you ineligible to sign their petitions.