Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Contests in District Court
Chapter 232 - Contests for Office

Subchapter A. Trial and Disposition of Contest

Section 232.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 232.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a...

Section 232.002. Contestant - Sec. 232.002. CONTESTANT. Any candidate in an election may contest...

Section 232.003. Contestee: General Rule - Sec. 232.003. CONTESTEE: GENERAL RULE. (a) If a contested election...

Section 232.004. Substitute Contestee - Sec. 232.004. SUBSTITUTE CONTESTEE. (a) A contestant may name as...

Section 232.005. Additional Contestee - Sec. 232.005. ADDITIONAL CONTESTEE. The district court may require or...

Section 232.006. Venue - Sec. 232.006. VENUE. (a) The venue of an election contest...

Section 232.007. Runoff Not Held Until Final Judgment - Sec. 232.007. RUNOFF NOT HELD UNTIL FINAL JUDGMENT. (a) A...

Section 232.008. Filing Period for Petition - Sec. 232.008. FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION. (a) A contestant may...

Section 232.009. Notice of Contest to Canvassing Authority - Sec. 232.009. NOTICE OF CONTEST TO CANVASSING AUTHORITY. (a) After...

Section 232.010. Filing Period for Answer - Sec. 232.010. FILING PERIOD FOR ANSWER. A contestee in a...

Section 232.011. Return of Unserved Citation - Sec. 232.011. RETURN OF UNSERVED CITATION. The citation issued in...

Section 232.012. Accelerated Procedures for Trial of Certain Contests - Sec. 232.012. ACCELERATED PROCEDURES FOR TRIAL OF CERTAIN CONTESTS. (a)...

Section 232.013. Rescheduling Runoff for Contested Race - Sec. 232.013. RESCHEDULING RUNOFF FOR CONTESTED RACE. (a) If the...

Section 232.014. Accelerated Appeal in Primary Contest - Sec. 232.014. ACCELERATED APPEAL IN PRIMARY CONTEST. (a) This section...

Section 232.015. Acceleration of Appeal by Court in Contest of General or Special Election - Sec. 232.015. ACCELERATION OF APPEAL BY COURT IN CONTEST OF...

Section 232.016. Appeal Suspends Execution of Judgment - Sec. 232.016. APPEAL SUSPENDS EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT. The perfecting of...

Subchapter B. Court-Ordered Election Following Judgment of Void Election

Section 232.041. New Election Ordered if Contested Election Void - Sec. 232.041. NEW ELECTION ORDERED IF CONTESTED ELECTION VOID. In...

Section 232.042. Candidates in New Election - Sec. 232.042. CANDIDATES IN NEW ELECTION. Except as otherwise provided...

Section 232.043. Write-in Votes in New Election - Sec. 232.043. WRITE-IN VOTES IN NEW ELECTION. A write-in vote...

Section 232.044. Withdrawal in New Election - Sec. 232.044. WITHDRAWAL IN NEW ELECTION. The provisions of this...

Section 232.045. Death or Ineligibility of Candidate in New Election - Sec. 232.045. DEATH OR INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE IN NEW ELECTION....

Section 232.046. Replacement Party Candidates in New Election: General Election for State and County Officers - Sec. 232.046. REPLACEMENT PARTY CANDIDATES IN NEW ELECTION: GENERAL ELECTION...

Section 232.047. Replacement of Partisan Nominee in City Election - Sec. 232.047. REPLACEMENT OF PARTISAN NOMINEE IN CITY ELECTION. (a)...

Section 232.048. Runoff Following New Election - Sec. 232.048. RUNOFF FOLLOWING NEW ELECTION. (a) If no candidate...

Section 232.049. Second Runoff Following Contest of Runoff - Sec. 232.049. SECOND RUNOFF FOLLOWING CONTEST OF RUNOFF. If in...

Section 232.050. Ballot Form and Order of Names on Ballot - Sec. 232.050. BALLOT FORM AND ORDER OF NAMES ON BALLOT....