Tex. Elec. Code § 211.002 · Chapter 211. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this title:
(1) "Recount" means the process conducted under this title for verifying the vote count in an election.
(2) "Initial recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter B, Chapter 212.
(3) "Partial recount" means a recount in fewer than the total number of election precincts involved in an election.
(4) "Supplementary recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter C, Chapter 212, following a partial initial recount.
(5) "Expedited recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter D, Chapter 212.
(6) "Recount coordinator" means the authority to whom a petition for an initial recount or an expedited recount is submitted under Section 212.026 or 212.082.
(7) "Recount supervisor" means the authority designated by Section 213.001 to manage and supervise a recount in election precincts in the jurisdiction of a local canvassing authority.
(8) "Recount document" means a petition for an initial recount, a petition for an expedited recount, an application for a supplementary recount, or an application for including remaining paper ballot precincts.
(9) "Recount deposit" means the deposit required by Section 212.111.
(10) "Voting system vote" means a vote cast in a voting system that is not a write-in vote.
(11) "Automatic recount" means a recount conducted under Chapter 216.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 851, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.211.htm
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This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.026AUTHORITY TO WHOM PETITION SUBMITTED.Printed as Section 212.026 or 212.082
- Tex. Elec. Code ch. 212, subch. CSUPPLEMENTARY RECOUNT FOLLOWING PARTIAL RECOUNT IN PAPER BALLOT PRECINCTSPrinted as Subchapter C, Chapter 212
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.082RECOUNT PETITION.Printed as Section 212.026 or 212.082
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.111DEPOSIT REQUIRED.Printed as Section 212.111
- Tex. Elec. Code § 213.001GENERAL SUPERVISION OF RECOUNT.Printed as Section 213.001
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