Tex. Elec. Code § 221.012 · Chapter 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS
TRIBUNAL'S ACTION ON CONTEST.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the tribunal hearing an election contest can ascertain the true outcome of the election, the tribunal shall declare the outcome.
(b) The tribunal shall declare the election void if it cannot ascertain the true outcome of the election.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.221.htm
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