Texas Election Code Title 1, Chapter 2 - Vote Required For Election To Office

SUBCHAPTER A ELECTION BY PLURALITY

• Texas Section 2.001 - Plurality Vote Required
  Except as otherwise provided by law, to be elected to a public office, a candidate must receive more votes than any other candidate for the...

SUBCHAPTER B RUNOFF ELECTION

• Texas Section 2.002 - Tie Vote
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (f), (g), or (i), in an election requiring a plurality vote, if two or more candidates for the same...
• Texas Section 2.021 - Runoff Election Required
  If no candidate for a particular office receives the vote necessary to be elected in an election requiring a majority vote, a runoff election for...
• Texas Section 2.022 - Conflicts With Other Law
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a law outside this subchapter supersedes this subchapter to the extent of any conflict. (b) Sections 2.023 and...
• Texas Section 2.023 - Runoff Candidates
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the candidates in a runoff election are the candidates who receive the highest and second highest...
• Texas Section 2.024 - Ordering Runoff
  Not later than the fifth day after the date the final canvass of the main election is completed, the authority responsible for ordering the main...
• Texas Section 2.025 - Runoff Election Day
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held not earlier than the 20th...
• Texas Section 2.026 - Notice Of Runoff
  Notice of a runoff election shall be given in accordance with Chapter 4 except that a notice under Section 4.003(a)(2) or (b) must be posted...
• Texas Section 2.027 - Certification Of Runoff Candidates
  The presiding officer of the final canvassing authority shall certify in writing for placement on a runoff election ballot the names of the runoff candidates...

SUBCHAPTER C ELECTION OF UNOPPOSED CANDIDATE

• Texas Section 2.028 - Tie Vote In Runoff
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), if the candidates in a runoff election tie, an automatic recount shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter...
• Texas Section 2.051 - Applicability Of Subchapter
  (a) Except as provided by Sections 2.055 and 2.056, this subchapter applies only to an election for officers of a political subdivision other than a...
• Texas Section 2.052 - Certification Of Unopposed Status
  (a) The authority responsible for having the official ballot prepared shall certify in writing that a candidate is unopposed for election to an office if,...
• Texas Section 2.053 - Action On Certification
  (a) On receipt of the certification, the governing body of the political subdivision by order or ordinance may declare each unopposed candidate elected to the...
• Texas Section 2.054 - Coercion Against Candidacy Prohibited
  (a) In an election that may be subject to this subchapter, a person commits an offense if by intimidation or by means of coercion the...
• Texas Section 2.055 - Special Election To Fill Vacancy In Legislature
  (a) The secretary of state shall declare an unopposed candidate elected to fill a vacancy in the legislature if: (1) each candidate for an office...

SUBCHAPTER D CANCELLATION OF ELECTIONS

• Texas Section 2.056 - Unopposed Candidate For Office Of State Or County Government
  (a) In this section: (1) "Certifying authority" means: (A) the secretary of state, for a statewide or district office; or (B) the county clerk, for...
• Texas Section 2.081 - Cancellation Of Moot Measure
  (a) If an authority that orders an election on a measure determines that the action to be authorized by the voters may not be taken,...
• Texas Section 2.082 - Specific Authority For Cancellation Required
  An authority that orders an election may cancel the election only if the power to cancel the election is specifically provided by statute. Added by...

Last modified: September 28, 2016