Texas Election Code Title 13, Chapter 216 - Automatic Recount

• Texas Section 216.001 - Applicability Of Chapter
  This chapter applies only to an election that results in a tie vote as provided by Sections 2.002(i), 2.023(b) and (c), and 2.028. Added by...
• Texas Section 216.002 - Conduct Of Automatic Recount Generally
  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, this title, including the notice requirement of Section 213.009, applies to a recount conducted under this chapter with...
• Texas Section 216.003 - Initiating Automatic Recount
  For purposes of initiating an automatic recount, the authority designated under Section 212.026 shall request the recount in the same manner as a recount petitioner...
• Texas Section 216.004 - Counting Procedures
  The method of counting votes in an automatic recount is the same method of counting used in the election that resulted in the tie vote....
• Texas Section 216.005 - Cost Of Automatic Recount
  (a) Subchapter E, Chapter 212, does not apply to an automatic recount. (b) The costs of an automatic recount shall be paid by each political...

Last modified: September 28, 2016