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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....