Tex. Elec. Code § 212.0241 · Subchapter B. INITIAL RECOUNT
NO GROUND REQUIRED FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM RECOUNT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A ground for obtaining an initial recount as prescribed by this subchapter is not required to obtain an initial recount of electronic voting system results, subject to Subsection (b).
(b) A candidate for nomination or election to an office may obtain an initial recount of electronic voting system results in an election in which the person was a candidate only if the candidate is shown by the election returns not to be nominated or elected. However, a candidate shown to be nominated or elected may obtain an initial recount if an opposing candidate's initial recount petition is approved for a recount that is covered by Section 212.131(c) and that does not include all of the voting system precincts in the election.
(c) The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures necessary to accommodate the authorization to obtain a recount of electronic voting system results without a specific ground.
(d) This section does not affect the scope of a recount as governed by Subchapter F.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 484, Sec. 10(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1349, Sec. 66, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 851, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.212.htm
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Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.022OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN ELECTION ON OFFICE.Printed as Section 212.0241
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.023OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN ELECTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.Printed as Section 212.0241
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.0231OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION.Printed as Section 212.0241
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.024OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN ELECTION ON MEASURE.Printed as Section 212.0241
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.028TIME FOR SUBMITTING PETITION.Printed as Section 212.0241(b)
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