Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 13 - Recounts

Section 211.004. Presiding Officer of Canvassing Authority Ineligible or Unable to Serve - Sec. 211.004. PRESIDING OFFICER OF CANVASSING AUTHORITY INELIGIBLE OR UNABLE...

Section 211.005. Method of Giving Notice; Record of Notice - Sec. 211.005. METHOD OF GIVING NOTICE; RECORD OF NOTICE. (a)...

Section 211.006. Prompt Performance of Recount Functions - Sec. 211.006. PROMPT PERFORMANCE OF RECOUNT FUNCTIONS. (a) Each authority...

Section 211.007. Preservation of Recount Papers - Sec. 211.007. PRESERVATION OF RECOUNT PAPERS. (a) In this section,...

Chapter 212 - Requesting Recount

Subchapter A. Requesting Recount Generally

Section 212.001. General Requirements for Recount Document - Sec. 212.001. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RECOUNT DOCUMENT. A recount document...

Section 212.002. Designation of Agent to Receive Notice - Sec. 212.002. DESIGNATION OF AGENT TO RECEIVE NOTICE. (a) If...

Section 212.003. Submission of Recount Document - Sec. 212.003. SUBMISSION OF RECOUNT DOCUMENT. (a) A recount document...

Section 212.004. Furnishing Copies of Documents to Certain Interested Persons - Sec. 212.004. FURNISHING COPIES OF DOCUMENTS TO CERTAIN INTERESTED PERSONS....

Section 212.005. Multiple Recounts on Same Office or Measure - Sec. 212.005. MULTIPLE RECOUNTS ON SAME OFFICE OR MEASURE. (a)...

Section 212.006. Withdrawal of Recount Petition - Sec. 212.006. WITHDRAWAL OF RECOUNT PETITION. (a) A recount petitioner...

Subchapter B. Initial Recount

Section 212.021. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 212.021. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to all...

Section 212.022. Obtaining Initial Recount in Election on Office - Sec. 212.022. OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN ELECTION ON OFFICE. Except...

Section 212.023. Obtaining Initial Recount in Election for Presidential Electors - Sec. 212.023. OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN ELECTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS....

Section 212.0231. Obtaining Initial Recount in Presidential Primary Election - Sec. 212.0231. OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. Except...

Section 212.024. Obtaining Initial Recount in Election on Measure - Sec. 212.024. OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN ELECTION ON MEASURE. (a)...

Section 212.0241. No Ground Required for Electronic Voting System Recount - Sec. 212.0241. NO GROUND REQUIRED FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM RECOUNT....

Section 212.025. Petition for Initial Recount Required - Sec. 212.025. PETITION FOR INITIAL RECOUNT REQUIRED. An initial recount...

Section 212.026. Authority to Whom Petition Submitted - Sec. 212.026. AUTHORITY TO WHOM PETITION SUBMITTED. (a) In an...

Section 212.027. Notice of Petition Submission to Other Canvassing Authorities - Sec. 212.027. NOTICE OF PETITION SUBMISSION TO OTHER CANVASSING AUTHORITIES....

Section 212.028. Time for Submitting Petition - Sec. 212.028. TIME FOR SUBMITTING PETITION. (a) Except as provided...

Section 212.029. Initial Review of Petition - Sec. 212.029. INITIAL REVIEW OF PETITION. (a) The recount coordinator...

Section 212.030. Amendment of Petition - Sec. 212.030. AMENDMENT OF PETITION. (a) A petitioner may amend...

Section 212.031. Final Action on Petition - Sec. 212.031. FINAL ACTION ON PETITION. (a) If a recount...

Section 212.032. Notice of Approval to Others Involved in Election - Sec. 212.032. NOTICE OF APPROVAL TO OTHERS INVOLVED IN ELECTION....

Section 212.033. Effect of Petition Submission on Canvass - Sec. 212.033. EFFECT OF PETITION SUBMISSION ON CANVASS. (a) The...

Section 212.0331. Effect of Petition Submission on Qualifying for Office - Sec. 212.0331. EFFECT OF PETITION SUBMISSION ON QUALIFYING FOR OFFICE....

Section 212.034. Counting Errors as Ground for Recount in Paper Ballot Precincts - Sec. 212.034. COUNTING ERRORS AS GROUND FOR RECOUNT IN PAPER...

Section 212.035. Application for Including Remaining Paper Ballot Precincts - Sec. 212.035. APPLICATION FOR INCLUDING REMAINING PAPER BALLOT PRECINCTS. (a)...

Subchapter C. Supplementary Recount Following Partial Recount in Paper Ballot Precincts

Section 212.051. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 212.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter does not apply...

Section 212.052. Supplementary Recount Authorized - Sec. 212.052. SUPPLEMENTARY RECOUNT AUTHORIZED. If a partial recount is...

Section 212.053. Obtaining Supplementary Recount - Sec. 212.053. OBTAINING SUPPLEMENTARY RECOUNT. (a) A person who was...

Section 212.054. Application for Supplementary Recount Required - Sec. 212.054. APPLICATION FOR SUPPLEMENTARY RECOUNT REQUIRED. A supplementary recount...

Section 212.055. Authority to Whom Application Submitted - Sec. 212.055. AUTHORITY TO WHOM APPLICATION SUBMITTED. A supplementary recount...

Section 212.056. Time for Submitting Application - Sec. 212.056. TIME FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATION. (a) Except as provided...

Section 212.057. Processing Application - Sec. 212.057. PROCESSING APPLICATION. (a) An application for a supplementary...

Subchapter D. Expedited Recount

Section 212.081. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 212.081. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to a...

Section 212.082. Recount Petition - Sec. 212.082. RECOUNT PETITION. Except as otherwise provided by this...

Section 212.083. Deadline for Submitting Petition - Sec. 212.083. DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING PETITION. The deadline for submitting...

Section 212.084. Notice of Petition Submission - Sec. 212.084. NOTICE OF PETITION SUBMISSION. If the recount coordinator...

Section 212.085. Deadline for Amending Petition - Sec. 212.085. DEADLINE FOR AMENDING PETITION. The deadline for amending...

Section 212.086. Application for Including Remaining Paper Ballot Precincts - Sec. 212.086. APPLICATION FOR INCLUDING REMAINING PAPER BALLOT PRECINCTS. Except...

Section 212.087. Processing Application - Sec. 212.087. PROCESSING APPLICATION. An application for including remaining paper...

Section 212.088. Deadline on Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday - Sec. 212.088. DEADLINE ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY, OR HOLIDAY. (a) If...

Section 212.089. Days and Hours for Performing Duties - Sec. 212.089. DAYS AND HOURS FOR PERFORMING DUTIES. The recount...

Subchapter E. Deposit for Costs of Recount

Section 212.111. Deposit Required - Sec. 212.111. DEPOSIT REQUIRED. (a) A deposit to cover the...

Section 212.112. Amount of Deposit - Sec. 212.112. AMOUNT OF DEPOSIT. The amount of the recount...

Section 212.113. Return of Deposit - Sec. 212.113. RETURN OF DEPOSIT. (a) On rejection of a...

Subchapter F. Scope of Recount

Section 212.131. Scope of Initial Recount - Sec. 212.131. SCOPE OF INITIAL RECOUNT. (a) Except as provided...

Section 212.132. Scope of Supplementary Recount - Sec. 212.132. SCOPE OF SUPPLEMENTARY RECOUNT. A supplementary recount must...

Section 212.133. Scope of Expedited Recount - Sec. 212.133. SCOPE OF EXPEDITED RECOUNT. An expedited recount is...

Section 212.134. Early Voting Votes Treated as Precinct - Sec. 212.134. EARLY VOTING VOTES TREATED AS PRECINCT. (a) Except...

Section 212.135. Votes to Be Recounted - Sec. 212.135. VOTES TO BE RECOUNTED. Except as provided by...

Section 212.136. Exclusion of Certain Votes From Recount in Precincts Using Voting System - Sec. 212.136. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN VOTES FROM RECOUNT IN PRECINCTS...

Section 212.137. Objection to Exclusion of Votes - Sec. 212.137. OBJECTION TO EXCLUSION OF VOTES. (a) The notice...

Chapter 213 - Conduct of Recount

Subchapter A. Conduct of Recount Generally

Section 213.001. General Supervision of Recount - Sec. 213.001. GENERAL SUPERVISION OF RECOUNT. (a) The presiding officer...

Section 213.002. Recount Committee - Sec. 213.002. RECOUNT COMMITTEE. (a) Before beginning a recount, each...

Section 213.003. Eligibility for Committee Membership - Sec. 213.003. ELIGIBILITY FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. (a) Except as provided...

Section 213.004. Compensation of Committee Members - Sec. 213.004. COMPENSATION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS. (a) Except as provided...

Section 213.005. Counting Teams - Sec. 213.005. COUNTING TEAMS. (a) A recount committee in a...

Section 213.006. Determination of Counting Questions - Sec. 213.006. DETERMINATION OF COUNTING QUESTIONS. (a) The recount committee...

Section 213.007. Access to Ballots, Equipment, and Other Materials - Sec. 213.007. ACCESS TO BALLOTS, EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER MATERIALS. (a)...

Section 213.008. Arrangements for Recount; Setting Time and Place - Sec. 213.008. ARRANGEMENTS FOR RECOUNT; SETTING TIME AND PLACE. The...

Section 213.009. Notice of Recount - Sec. 213.009. NOTICE OF RECOUNT. (a) The recount supervisor shall...

Section 213.010. Early Recount - Sec. 213.010. EARLY RECOUNT. A recount may begin earlier than...

Section 213.011. Votes Counted by Precinct - Sec. 213.011. VOTES COUNTED BY PRECINCT. The recount committee shall...

Section 213.0111. Recount of Disputed Ballots - Sec. 213.0111. RECOUNT OF DISPUTED BALLOTS. (a) On receipt of...

Section 213.012. Committee Report of Recount - Sec. 213.012. COMMITTEE REPORT OF RECOUNT. (a) After the recount...

Section 213.013. Representation of Parties and Political Parties at Recount - Sec. 213.013. REPRESENTATION OF PARTIES AND POLITICAL PARTIES AT RECOUNT....

Section 213.014. Canvass by Committee Following Recount - Sec. 213.014. CANVASS BY COMMITTEE FOLLOWING RECOUNT. If a canvassing...

Section 213.015. Bystanders Excluded - Sec. 213.015. BYSTANDERS EXCLUDED. (a) Only persons that are specifically...

Section 213.016. Printing Images of Ballots Cast Using Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machines - Sec. 213.016. PRINTING IMAGES OF BALLOTS CAST USING DIRECT RECORDING...

Subchapter B. Elections Without State Level Canvass

Section 213.031. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 213.031. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to recounts...

Section 213.032. Notice of Partial Initial Recount - Sec. 213.032. NOTICE OF PARTIAL INITIAL RECOUNT. After receiving the...

Section 213.033. Canvass Following Recount - Sec. 213.033. CANVASS FOLLOWING RECOUNT. (a) As soon as practicable...

Subchapter C. Elections With State Level Canvass

Section 213.051. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 213.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to recounts...

Section 213.052. Agent for Receiving Notice of Recount - Sec. 213.052. AGENT FOR RECEIVING NOTICE OF RECOUNT. (a) If...

Section 213.053. Notice of Recount to Supervisor - Sec. 213.053. NOTICE OF RECOUNT TO SUPERVISOR. The recount coordinator...

Section 213.054. Notice of Recount Result to Coordinator - Sec. 213.054. NOTICE OF RECOUNT RESULT TO COORDINATOR. After receiving...

Section 213.055. Supervisor's Report - Sec. 213.055. SUPERVISOR'S REPORT. (a) As soon as practicable after...

Section 213.056. Determination of Result of Recount; Notice - Sec. 213.056. DETERMINATION OF RESULT OF RECOUNT; NOTICE. (a) After...

Section 213.057. Canvass Following Recount - Sec. 213.057. CANVASS FOLLOWING RECOUNT. As soon as practicable after...

Section 213.058. Canvass Following Expedited Recount - Sec. 213.058. CANVASS FOLLOWING EXPEDITED RECOUNT. (a) Unless a person...

Section 213.059. General Election for Governor or Lieutenant Governor - Sec. 213.059. GENERAL ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. (a)...

Chapter 214 - Counting Procedures

Subchapter A. Manually Counted Ballots

Section 214.001. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 214.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter applies to a...

Section 214.002. Counting Procedure - Sec. 214.002. COUNTING PROCEDURE. (a) One member of a counting...

Section 214.003. Disposition of Tally Lists - Sec. 214.003. DISPOSITION OF TALLY LISTS. (a) On completion of...

Subchapter C. Ballots Counted by Automatic Tabulating Equipment

Section 214.041. Applicability of Subchapter - Sec. 214.041. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. (a) This subchapter applies to...

Section 214.042. Counting Method for Recount - Sec. 214.042. COUNTING METHOD FOR RECOUNT. (a) A person requesting...

Section 214.043. Equipment Used for Recount - Sec. 214.043. EQUIPMENT USED FOR RECOUNT. (a) The recount supervisor...

Section 214.044. Charge for Use of Equipment - Sec. 214.044. CHARGE FOR USE OF EQUIPMENT. The person having...

Section 214.045. Composition of Committee - Sec. 214.045. COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE. (a) The recount committee chair...

Section 214.046. Test of Program and Equipment - Sec. 214.046. TEST OF PROGRAM AND EQUIPMENT. (a) After the...

Section 214.047. Test Using Unofficial Test Materials - Sec. 214.047. TEST USING UNOFFICIAL TEST MATERIALS. (a) In addition...

Section 214.048. Request for Manual Recount After Successful Test - Sec. 214.048. REQUEST FOR MANUAL RECOUNT AFTER SUCCESSFUL TEST. (a)...

Section 214.049. Counting Procedure - Sec. 214.049. COUNTING PROCEDURE. (a) All members of the recount...

Section 214.050. Counting and Recording Write-in Votes - Sec. 214.050. COUNTING AND RECORDING WRITE-IN VOTES. (a) Write-in votes...

Section 214.051. Disposition of Recount Returns - Sec. 214.051. DISPOSITION OF RECOUNT RETURNS. (a) After the recount...

Subchapter D. Other Voting Systems

Section 214.071. Procedures Prescribed by Secretary of State - Sec. 214.071. PROCEDURES PRESCRIBED BY SECRETARY OF STATE. The secretary...

Chapter 215 - Costs of Recount

Section 215.001. Payment of Costs - Sec. 215.001. PAYMENT OF COSTS. (a) The authority responsible for...

Section 215.002. Assessable Costs - Sec. 215.002. ASSESSABLE COSTS. Only the following costs of a...

Section 215.003. Assessment of Costs - Sec. 215.003. ASSESSMENT OF COSTS. (a) The costs of a...

Section 215.004. Disposition of Deposit for Costs - Sec. 215.004. DISPOSITION OF DEPOSIT FOR COSTS. (a) If none...

Section 215.005. Administration of Costs - Sec. 215.005. ADMINISTRATION OF COSTS. (a) The recount coordinator shall...

Section 215.006. Maintaining Record of Costs - Sec. 215.006. MAINTAINING RECORD OF COSTS. (a) A recount supervisor...

Section 215.007. Statement of Costs for Coordinator - Sec. 215.007. STATEMENT OF COSTS FOR COORDINATOR. (a) On receiving...

Section 215.008. Statement of Costs for Person Assessed - Sec. 215.008. STATEMENT OF COSTS FOR PERSON ASSESSED. (a) The...

Section 215.009. Itemized Statement and Inspection of Records - Sec. 215.009. ITEMIZED STATEMENT AND INSPECTION OF RECORDS. (a) On...

Section 215.010. Collection of Costs - Sec. 215.010. COLLECTION OF COSTS. (a) If a person is...

Chapter 216 - Automatic Recount

Section 216.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 216.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies only to...

Section 216.002. Conduct of Automatic Recount Generally - Sec. 216.002. CONDUCT OF AUTOMATIC RECOUNT GENERALLY. Except as otherwise...

Section 216.003. Initiating Automatic Recount - Sec. 216.003. INITIATING AUTOMATIC RECOUNT. For purposes of initiating an...

Section 216.004. Counting Procedures - Sec. 216.004. COUNTING PROCEDURES. The method of counting votes in...

Section 216.005. Cost of Automatic Recount - Sec. 216.005. COST OF AUTOMATIC RECOUNT. (a) Subchapter E, Chapter...

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Texas Statutes Election Code Title 13 - Recounts

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Title 13 - Recounts