Venue

Sec. 232.006. VENUE. (a) The venue of an election contest for a statewide office is in Travis County. (b) The venue of a contest for an office less than statewide that is filled by voters of more than one county is: (1) in the county in which the contestee or any one of the contestees named under Section 232.003 resides if the residence is in the territory covered by the election; or (2) in any county wholly or partly in the territory covered by the election if: (A) no contestee named under Section 232.003 resides in that territory; or (B) none of the contestees is named under Section 232.003. (c) The venue of a contest for an office filled by voters of only one county is in that county. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.