Title EL, Election Code

Sec. 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 authority for the election completes its canvass for the office or m…

Sec. 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 the canvassing process, and the result of the election shall be determined and certi…

Sec. 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 by the election returns at the time of filing to be the appropriate c…

Sec. 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 the correct vote count or any other fact that the tribunal cons…

Sec. 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 contest, to disclose the name of the candidate for whom the voter voted or how the voter…

Sec. 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, the voters who cast the ballots may testify as to how they voted. Acts 1985,…

Sec. 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 tribunal shall subtract the vote from the official total for the candidate or side of the measure, as a…

Sec. 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 shall declare the election void if it cannot ascertain the true outcome of the elec…

Sec. 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 the tribunal, for good cause stated in the order assessing the cost…

Sec. 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 from the same fund and by the same authority that paid the expenses of the c…

Sec. 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 occupy the office after the beginning of the term for which the election was he…

Sec. 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) The papers of a contest in a tribunal other than a court shall be preserved for 10 years after the date…

Sec. 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 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 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 at which the applicant is register…