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§ 211.001. Elections in Which Recount May Be Obtained
A recount may be obtained as provided by this title in any election.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
§ 211.002. Definitions
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.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
§ 211.003. Change in Outcome of Election
In this title, a change in the outcome of an election occurs if, as a result of a recount in the precincts included in a recount document:
(1) a candidate who was shown by the previous vote count to be nominated, elected, or entitled to a place on a runoff ballot or to be tied for nomination, election, or entitlement to a place on a runoff ballot loses that status;
(2) in a presidential general election, the presidential candidate who was shown by the previous vote count to have received the most votes in this state loses that status;
(3) in an election on a measure, the winning side becomes the losing side; or
(4) in a presidential primary election, entitlement to delegate representation at the political party's national presidential nominating convention on behalf of a candidate or an uncommitted delegation is changed.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
Amended by Acts 1986, 69th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 14, § 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. |
