Texas Election Code Title 14, Chapter 221 - General Provisions

• Texas Section 221.001 - Applicability Of Title
  This title does not apply to: (1) a general or special election for the office of United States senator or United States representative; (2) an...
• Texas Section 221.002 - Jurisdiction
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the district court has exclusive original jurisdiction of an election contest. (b) The senate and the house...
• Texas Section 221.003 - Scope Of Inquiry
  (a) The tribunal hearing an election contest shall attempt to ascertain whether the outcome of the contested election, as shown by the final canvass, is...
• Texas Section 221.004 - Default Judgment Not Allowed
  A default judgment may not be rendered in an election contest. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
• Texas Section 221.005 - Date Of Determination Of Official Result Of Election
  Except as provided by Section 242.003, in this title the date the official result of an election is determined is the date the final canvassing...
• Texas Section 221.006 - Effect Of Contest On Canvass
  Except as otherwise provided by this title, the filing of an election contest before the canvass of the contested election is completed does not affect...
• Texas Section 221.007 - Contestee In Contest Filed Before Final Canvass
  (a) If a contest is filed before the official result of the contested election is determined, the contestant may name as contestee the person shown...
• Texas Section 221.008 - Examination Of Secured Ballots And Equipment
  A tribunal hearing an election contest may cause secured ballot boxes, voting machines, or other equipment used in the election to be unsecured to determine...
• Texas Section 221.009 - Compelling Voter To Reveal Vote
  (a) A voter who cast an illegal vote may be compelled, after the illegality has been established to the satisfaction of the tribunal hearing the...
• Texas Section 221.010 - Secondary Evidence For Unavailable Ballots
  If an examination of ballots is needed in an election contest and the ballots are lost, destroyed, or otherwise beyond the reach of the tribunal,...
• Texas Section 221.011 - Illegal Votes Subtracted
  (a) If the tribunal hearing an election contest can ascertain the candidate or side of a measure for which an illegal vote was cast, the...
• Texas Section 221.012 - Tribunal's Action On Contest
  (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...
• Texas Section 221.013 - Costs Of Contest When Election Declared Void
  (a) If a contested election is declared void, the tribunal shall assess the costs of the contest equally against the contestant and the contestee unless...
• Texas Section 221.014 - Expenses Of New Election Ordered In Election Contest
  (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), the expenses of a new election ordered by a tribunal in an election contest are paid...
• Texas Section 221.015 - Right To Occupy Office Involved In Contest
  (a) If the official result of a contested election shows that the contestee won, on qualifying as provided by law the contestee is entitled to...
• Texas Section 221.016 - Preservation Of Contest Papers
  (a) The papers of a contest in the district court shall be preserved under the rules applicable to the papers in a civil suit. (b)...
• Texas Section 221.017 - Effect Of Statutes Outside Code
  A statute outside this code that relates to contests of a particular type of election supersedes this code to the extent of any conflict. Acts...
• Texas Section 221.018 - Examination Of Certain Confidential Information
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 84.0021(b), the tribunal hearing an election contest may examine the information contained in an application under Section 84.0021 relating to the address...

Last modified: September 28, 2016