Tex. Elec. Code § 212.032 · Subchapter B. INITIAL RECOUNT
NOTICE OF APPROVAL TO OTHERS INVOLVED IN ELECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
After approving a recount petition, the recount coordinator shall promptly notify the following persons of the petition's approval:
(1) if the recount involves an election for nomination or election to an office, each opposing candidate;
(2) if the recount involves an election for presidential electors, the presidential candidate who is shown by the election returns to have received the most votes;
(3) if the recount involves a measure:
(A) the campaign treasurer of each specific-purpose political committee involved in the election on the side opposite the side that the petitioner represents; or
(B) a person eligible to vote in the election, selected by the recount coordinator as an appropriate representative of the interests of the opposite side, if no specific-purpose committee was involved in the election; or
(4) if the recount involves a presidential primary election:
(A) each opposing candidate; and
(B) a registered voter selected by the recount coordinator as an appropriate representative of the interests of the uncommitted delegation, if an uncommitted delegation is entitled to delegate representation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.212.htm
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Cited by 10 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Elec. Code § 212.032. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Election Code
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.006WITHDRAWAL OF RECOUNT PETITION.Printed as Section 212.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.028TIME FOR SUBMITTING PETITION.Printed as Section 212.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.035APPLICATION FOR INCLUDING REMAINING PAPER BALLOT PRECINCTS.Printed as Section 212.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.056TIME FOR SUBMITTING APPLICATION.Printed as Section 212.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.057PROCESSING APPLICATION.Printed as Section 212.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.084NOTICE OF PETITION SUBMISSION.Printed as Section 212.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 212.136EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN VOTES FROM RECOUNT IN PRECINCTS USING VOTING SYSTEM.Printed as Section 212.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 213.009NOTICE OF RECOUNT.Printed as Section 212.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 213.052AGENT FOR RECEIVING NOTICE OF RECOUNT.Printed as Section 212.032
- Tex. Elec. Code § 213.056DETERMINATION OF RESULT OF RECOUNT; NOTICE.Printed as Section 212.032
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