Texas Statutes
Election Code
Title 14 - Election Contests

Section 221.018. Examination of Certain Confidential Information - Sec. 221.018. EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. (a) Notwithstanding Section...

Subtitle B - Contests in District Court

Chapter 231 - Contest in District Court Generally

Section 231.001. Applicability of Subtitle - Sec. 231.001. APPLICABILITY OF SUBTITLE. This subtitle applies to an...

Section 231.002. Applicability of Rules Governing Civil Suits - Sec. 231.002. APPLICABILITY OF RULES GOVERNING CIVIL SUITS. Except as...

Section 231.003. Attendance on Legislature Not Ground for Continuance - Sec. 231.003. ATTENDANCE ON LEGISLATURE NOT GROUND FOR CONTINUANCE. Intended...

Section 231.004. Disqualification of District Judge - Sec. 231.004. DISQUALIFICATION OF DISTRICT JUDGE. (a) The judge of...

Section 231.005. Jury Trial Not Allowed - Sec. 231.005. JURY TRIAL NOT ALLOWED. The district judge shall...

Section 231.006. Compelling Production of Election Records and Attendance of Election Officers - Sec. 231.006. COMPELLING PRODUCTION OF ELECTION RECORDS AND ATTENDANCE OF...

Section 231.007. Procedures for New Election Generally - Sec. 231.007. PROCEDURES FOR NEW ELECTION GENERALLY. (a) If a...

Section 231.008. Delivery of Certified Copies of Judgment - Sec. 231.008. DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED COPIES OF JUDGMENT. (a) As...

Section 231.009. Precedence of Contest on Appeal - Sec. 231.009. PRECEDENCE OF CONTEST ON APPEAL. An election contest...

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....

Chapter 233 - Contest on Measure

Section 233.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 233.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a...

Section 233.002. Contestant - Sec. 233.002. CONTESTANT. One or more qualified voters of the...

Section 233.003. Contestee - Sec. 233.003. CONTESTEE. (a) The contestee must be at least...

Section 233.004. Intervention - Sec. 233.004. INTERVENTION. (a) The court may permit one or...

Section 233.005. Venue - Sec. 233.005. VENUE. The venue of an election contest is:...

Section 233.006. Filing Period for Petition - Sec. 233.006. FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION. (a) The contestant may...

Section 233.007. Filing Period for Answer - Sec. 233.007. FILING PERIOD FOR ANSWER. (a) A contestee must...

Section 233.008. Return of Unserved Citation - Sec. 233.008. RETURN OF UNSERVED CITATION. The citation issued in...

Section 233.009. Notice of Filing and Outcome of Contest to Authority Receiving Election Certification - Sec. 233.009. NOTICE OF FILING AND OUTCOME OF CONTEST TO...

Section 233.010. Effect of Contest on Implementation of Adopted Measure - Sec. 233.010. EFFECT OF CONTEST ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ADOPTED MEASURE....

Section 233.011. New Election Ordered if Contested Election Void - Sec. 233.011. NEW ELECTION ORDERED IF CONTESTED ELECTION VOID. The...

Section 233.012. Effect of Void Election - Sec. 233.012. EFFECT OF VOID ELECTION. (a) The effect of...

Section 233.013. Consolidation of Contest - Sec. 233.013. CONSOLIDATION OF CONTEST. If more than one election...

Section 233.014. Special Procedures for Contest of Constitutional Amendment Election - Sec. 233.014. SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR CONTEST OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ELECTION....

Subtitle C - Contests in Other Tribunals

Chapter 241 - Contest for State Senator or Representative

Section 241.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 241.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a...

Section 241.002. Parties - Sec. 241.002. PARTIES. The provisions of this title relating to...

Section 241.003. Petition - Sec. 241.003. PETITION. (a) The contestant must state the grounds...

Section 241.004. Answer - Sec. 241.004. ANSWER. (a) The contestee must reply to the...

Section 241.005. Method of Delivering Contest Papers to Parties - Sec. 241.005. METHOD OF DELIVERING CONTEST PAPERS TO PARTIES. (a)...

Section 241.006. Delivery of Contest Papers to Presiding Officer - Sec. 241.006. DELIVERY OF CONTEST PAPERS TO PRESIDING OFFICER. (a)...

Section 241.0061. Security for Costs - Sec. 241.0061. SECURITY FOR COSTS. (a) Not later than the...

Section 241.007. Runoff Delayed - Sec. 241.007. RUNOFF DELAYED. (a) If a special election for...

Section 241.008. Presiding Officer as Party - Sec. 241.008. PRESIDING OFFICER AS PARTY. If the presiding officer...

Section 241.009. Master of Discovery - Sec. 241.009. MASTER OF DISCOVERY. (a) As soon as practicable...

Section 241.0091. Frivolous Petition - Sec. 241.0091. FRIVOLOUS PETITION. (a) The master may on the...

Section 241.010. Discovery and Depositions - Sec. 241.010. DISCOVERY AND DEPOSITIONS. (a) Any party to a...

Section 241.011. Referral of Contest to Committee; Hearing by Committee - Sec. 241.011. REFERRAL OF CONTEST TO COMMITTEE; HEARING BY COMMITTEE....

Section 241.012. Hearing Procedure - Sec. 241.012. HEARING PROCEDURE. The procedure for the committee hearing...

Section 241.013. Evidence - Sec. 241.013. EVIDENCE. Except as otherwise provided by house rules,...

Section 241.014. Attendance of Witnesses - Sec. 241.014. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES. (a) The committee to which...

Section 241.015. Committee Report - Sec. 241.015. COMMITTEE REPORT. (a) Except as provided by Section...

Section 241.016. Minority Report - Sec. 241.016. MINORITY REPORT. Any member of the committee dissenting...

Section 241.017. Withdrawal of Contest - Sec. 241.017. WITHDRAWAL OF CONTEST. (a) A contestant may withdraw...

Section 241.018. Disposition of Contest by House - Sec. 241.018. DISPOSITION OF CONTEST BY HOUSE. (a) Except as...

Section 241.019. Disposition of Contest by Committee - Sec. 241.019. DISPOSITION OF CONTEST BY COMMITTEE. The committee to...

Section 241.020. New Election Ordered if Contested Election Void - Sec. 241.020. NEW ELECTION ORDERED IF CONTESTED ELECTION VOID. In...

Section 241.021. Delivery of Certified Copies of Judgment - Sec. 241.021. DELIVERY OF CERTIFIED COPIES OF JUDGMENT. (a) After...

Section 241.022. Procedures for New Election Generally - Sec. 241.022. PROCEDURES FOR NEW ELECTION GENERALLY. (a) If the...

Section 241.023. Accelerated Election Schedule - Sec. 241.023. ACCELERATED ELECTION SCHEDULE. If another election is necessary...

Section 241.024. Candidates in New Election - Sec. 241.024. CANDIDATES IN NEW ELECTION. (a) The candidates in...

Section 241.025. Costs of Contest - Sec. 241.025. COSTS OF CONTEST. (a) Subject to Section 221.013(a),...

Chapter 242 - Contest for Constitutional Executive Office

Section 242.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 242.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a...

Section 242.002. Conduct of Contest Generally - Sec. 242.002. CONDUCT OF CONTEST GENERALLY. (a) Except as otherwise...

Section 242.003. Contest for Office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor - Sec. 242.003. CONTEST FOR OFFICE OF GOVERNOR OR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR....

Section 242.004. Accelerated Election Schedule - Sec. 242.004. ACCELERATED ELECTION SCHEDULE. The time intervals for conducting...

Chapter 243 - Contest for Presidential Electors

Section 243.001. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 243.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a...

Section 243.002. Parties - Sec. 243.002. PARTIES. (a) An election of presidential electors may...

Section 243.003. Petition - Sec. 243.003. PETITION. (a) The contestant must state the grounds...

Section 243.004. Notice to Contestees - Sec. 243.004. NOTICE TO CONTESTEES. (a) When a petition is...

Section 243.005. Answer - Sec. 243.005. ANSWER. (a) The contestee must reply to the...

Section 243.006. Hearing of Contest - Sec. 243.006. HEARING OF CONTEST. When the contestee's answer is...

Section 243.007. Master of Discovery - Sec. 243.007. MASTER OF DISCOVERY. (a) The governor may appoint...

Section 243.008. Discovery and Depositions - Sec. 243.008. DISCOVERY AND DEPOSITIONS. (a) Any party to a...

Section 243.009. Hearing Procedure - Sec. 243.009. HEARING PROCEDURE. The governor shall determine the procedure...

Section 243.010. Evidence - Sec. 243.010. EVIDENCE. Except as otherwise provided by the governor,...

Section 243.011. Attendance of Witnesses - Sec. 243.011. ATTENDANCE OF WITNESSES. (a) The governor has the...

Section 243.012. Disposition of Contest - Sec. 243.012. DISPOSITION OF CONTEST. (a) The governor shall determine...

Section 243.013. Costs of Contest - Sec. 243.013. COSTS OF CONTEST. The governor may assess the...

Subtitle D - Other Election Lawsuits

Chapter 247 - Lawsuit Alleging Improper Election Activities

Section 247.001. Petition Alleging Fraud - Sec. 247.001. PETITION ALLEGING FRAUD. This chapter applies to a...

Section 247.002. Procedure - Sec. 247.002. PROCEDURE. A candidate in an election may file...

Section 247.003. Filing Period for Petition - Sec. 247.003. FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION. A candidate in an...

Section 247.004. Damages - Sec. 247.004. DAMAGES. (a) If it is shown by a...

Section 247.005. Attorney's Fees - Sec. 247.005. ATTORNEY'S FEES. In an action under this chapter,...

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Texas Statutes Election Code Title 14 - Election Contests

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Title 14 - Election Contests