Texas Election Code Title 13, Chapter 213 - Conduct Of Recount
SUBCHAPTER A CONDUCT OF RECOUNT GENERALLY
- Texas Section 213.001 - General Supervision Of Recount
(a) The presiding officer of each local canvassing authority having jurisdiction of election precincts included in a recount shall manage and supervise the recount for...
- Texas Section 213.002 - Recount Committee
(a) Before beginning a recount, each recount supervisor shall appoint a recount committee composed of as many members as the supervisor determines are necessary for...
- Texas Section 213.003 - Eligibility For Committee Membership
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), to be eligible for appointment as a member of a recount committee, a person must be...
- Texas Section 213.004 - Compensation Of Committee Members
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a member of a recount committee is entitled to compensation for time spent in making a recount at...
- Texas Section 213.005 - Counting Teams
(a) A recount committee in a recount other than a recount on automatic tabulating equipment shall function as one or more counting teams composed of...
- Texas Section 213.006 - Determination Of Counting Questions
(a) The recount committee chair has the same authority as a presiding election judge to determine whether a particular ballot may be lawfully counted and...
- Texas Section 213.007 - Access To Ballots, Equipment, And Other Materials
(a) On presentation by a recount committee chair of a written order signed by the recount supervisor, the custodian of voted ballots, voting machines or...
- Texas Section 213.008 - Arrangements For Recount; Setting Time And Place
The recount supervisor shall make the arrangements necessary for conducting the recount and shall set the time and place for beginning the recount. Acts 1985,...
- Texas Section 213.009 - Notice Of Recount
(a) The recount supervisor shall give personal notice of an initial recount to the petitioner, personal notice of a supplementary recount to both the petitioner...
- Texas Section 213.010 - Early Recount
A recount may begin earlier than 18 hours after notice is given under Section 213.009 if each person entitled to the notice agrees to begin...
- Texas Section 213.011 - Votes Counted By Precinct
The recount committee shall count the votes separately by precinct. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
- Texas Section 213.0111 - Recount Of Disputed Ballots
(a) On receipt of an affidavit executed by any recount committee member alleging that legal votes were not counted or illegal votes were counted during...
- Texas Section 213.012 - Committee Report Of Recount
(a) After the recount is completed, the recount committee chair shall prepare a report of the committee's vote count and sign the report. Votes shall...
- Texas Section 213.013 - Representation Of Parties And Political Parties At Recount
(a) Each person entitled to notice of the recount under Section 213.009 is entitled to be present at a recount. (b) In a recount of...
- Texas Section 213.014 - Canvass By Committee Following Recount
If a canvassing authority that normally makes the canvass following a recount consists of more than five members, the presiding officer of the authority may...
- Texas Section 213.015 - Bystanders Excluded
(a) Only persons that are specifically permitted by law to attend a recount may be inside the room in which the recount is conducted, or...
SUBCHAPTER B ELECTIONS WITHOUT STATE LEVEL CANVASS
- Texas Section 213.016 - Printing Images Of Ballots Cast Using Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machines
During any printing of images of ballots cast using direct recording electronic voting machines for the purpose of a recount, the full recount committee is...
- Texas Section 213.031 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies to recounts in elections for which there is no canvass at the state level. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 213.032 - Notice Of Partial Initial Recount
After receiving the recount committee's report of a partial initial recount, the recount supervisor shall promptly give notice of the result of the recount to...
SUBCHAPTER C ELECTIONS WITH STATE LEVEL CANVASS
- Texas Section 213.033 - Canvass Following Recount
(a) As soon as practicable after completion of a recount that changes the number of votes received for a particular candidate or for or against...
- Texas Section 213.051 - Applicability Of Subchapter
This subchapter applies to recounts in elections for which there is a final canvass at the state level. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec....
- Texas Section 213.052 - Agent For Receiving Notice Of Recount
(a) If a recount includes election precincts in the jurisdiction of more than one local canvassing authority, a person entitled to notice under Section 212.032...
- Texas Section 213.053 - Notice Of Recount To Supervisor
The recount coordinator shall give each recount supervisor involved in a recount notice of: (1) the precincts in the supervisor's jurisdiction included in the recount...
- Texas Section 213.054 - Notice Of Recount Result To Coordinator
After receiving the recount committee's report, the recount supervisor shall promptly notify the recount coordinator of the result of the recount. Acts 1985, 69th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 213.055 - Supervisor's Report
(a) As soon as practicable after receiving the recount committee's report, the recount supervisor shall prepare and sign a report of the vote count by...
- Texas Section 213.056 - Determination Of Result Of Recount; Notice
(a) After receiving the notices of the results of a recount from all the recount supervisors, the recount coordinator shall promptly determine the result of...
- Texas Section 213.057 - Canvass Following Recount
As soon as practicable after completion of a recount that changes the number of votes received for a particular candidate or for or against a...
- Texas Section 213.058 - Canvass Following Expedited Recount
(a) Unless a person entitled to notice under Section 213.056 makes an objection to the recount coordinator before the canvass resulting from a recount, the...
- Texas Section 213.059 - General Election For Governor Or Lieutenant Governor
(a) A recount in a general election for the office of governor or lieutenant governor shall be conducted in the same manner as a recount...
Last modified: September 28, 2016