Tex. Elec. Code § 212.131 · Subchapter F. SCOPE OF RECOUNT
SCOPE OF INITIAL RECOUNT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an initial recount in an election for which there is no canvass at the state level must include each election precinct in the election.
(b) In an election for which there is a final canvass at the state level, an initial recount of votes cast on paper ballots must include each election precinct in which paper ballots were used in the election, except as provided by Subsection (d).
(c) In an election for which there is a final canvass at the state level, an initial recount of votes cast in a particular voting system may include any one or more counties covered by the election, but must include all the election precincts in which a particular voting system is used in each county recounted.
(d) An initial recount may include any one or more election precincts in which counting errors occurred as certified by the secretary of state under Section 212.034.
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. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.212.htm
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