Title EL, Election Code

Sec. 232.005. ADDITIONAL CONTESTEE. The district court may require or permit any one or more candidates in a contested election to be named as contestee or may permit the candidates to intervene on the side of the contestee, as the court determines the circumstances warrant. Acts…

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 conte…

Sec. 232.007. RUNOFF NOT HELD UNTIL FINAL JUDGMENT. (a) A runoff election for a contested office may not be held until the judgment in the contest becomes final. (b) This section does not affect the conduct of a regularly scheduled runoff for another office that was voted on at t…

Sec. 232.008. FILING PERIOD FOR PETITION. (a) A contestant may not file the petition in an election contest earlier than the day after election day. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a contestant must file the petition not later than the later of the 45th day after the da…

Sec. 232.009. NOTICE OF CONTEST TO CANVASSING AUTHORITY. (a) After an election contest is filed, the district clerk shall promptly deliver written notice of the filing to the presiding officer of the final canvassing authority for the contested election if the election is: (1) a …

Sec. 232.010. FILING PERIOD FOR ANSWER. A contestee in a contest of a general or special election must file an answer to the contestant's petition not later than 10 a.m. of the 10th day after the date of service of citation on the contestee or 10 a.m. of the fifth day after the d…

Sec. 232.011. RETURN OF UNSERVED CITATION. The citation issued in an election contest must direct the officer receiving the citation to return it unserved if it is not served within 20 days after the date of issuance. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 232.012. ACCELERATED PROCEDURES FOR TRIAL OF CERTAIN CONTESTS. (a) This section applies only to the contest of an election described by Section 232.008(c). (b) When the contestant's petition is filed, the district clerk shall immediately notify the district judge of the fili…

Sec. 232.013. RESCHEDULING RUNOFF FOR CONTESTED RACE. (a) If the final judgment in an election contest necessitates a runoff election in the contested race, the district judge shall set the date for the runoff if the judge determines that lack of time prevents the proper conduct …

Sec. 232.014. ACCELERATED APPEAL IN PRIMARY CONTEST. (a) This section applies only to the contest of a primary election. (b) To be timely, an appellant's bond, affidavit, or cash deposit for costs of appeal must be made not later than the fifth day after the date the district cou…

Sec. 232.015. ACCELERATION OF APPEAL BY COURT IN CONTEST OF GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION. (a) The trial or appellate court may accelerate the appeal in a contest of a general or special election in a manner consistent with the procedures prescribed by Section 232.014. (b) Section …

Sec. 232.016. APPEAL SUSPENDS EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT. The perfecting of an appeal in an election contest suspends the execution of the district court's judgment pending the disposition of the appeal without the necessity for a supersedeas bond. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. …

Sec. 232.041. NEW ELECTION ORDERED IF CONTESTED ELECTION VOID. In an election contest in which the contested election is declared void, the court shall include in its judgment an order directing the appropriate authority to order a new election. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec…

Sec. 232.042. CANDIDATES IN NEW ELECTION. Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, the candidates in a new election ordered by a court in an election contest are the same candidates who were in the contested election. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 19…

Sec. 232.043. WRITE-IN VOTES IN NEW ELECTION. A write-in vote in a new election ordered by a court in an election contest may not be counted unless write-in votes were received by the candidate in the contested election. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Sec. 232.044. WITHDRAWAL IN NEW ELECTION. The provisions of this code governing withdrawal of candidates in the contested election apply to the new election ordered by a court in an election contest, except that: (1) the district court shall set the deadline for withdrawal from t…

Sec. 232.045. DEATH OR INELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATE IN NEW ELECTION. (a) If a candidate in a new election ordered by a court in an election contest dies or is declared ineligible before the date on which the district court sets the date for the new election, the candidate's name ma…

Sec. 232.046. REPLACEMENT PARTY CANDIDATES IN NEW ELECTION: GENERAL ELECTION FOR STATE AND COUNTY OFFICERS. (a) If a candidate who was the nominee of a political party in a new election ordered by a court in an election contest in which the contested office was to have been fille…

Sec. 232.047. REPLACEMENT OF PARTISAN NOMINEE IN CITY ELECTION. (a) If a candidate who is a nominee of a political organization in a new election ordered by a court in an election contest involving a city office for which partisan nominations are permitted dies or is declared ine…

Sec. 232.048. RUNOFF FOLLOWING NEW ELECTION. (a) If no candidate receives a majority vote in a new election ordered by a court in the contest of an election in which a majority vote is required, a runoff election shall be held: (1) for a primary election contest, on the date set …

Sec. 232.049. SECOND RUNOFF FOLLOWING CONTEST OF RUNOFF. If in a new election ordered by a court in a contest of a runoff election there are more than two candidates and no candidate receives a majority vote, another runoff to determine the nomination or election to the contested…

Sec. 232.050. BALLOT FORM AND ORDER OF NAMES ON BALLOT. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the provisions of this code regulating ballot form and preparation apply to the ballot for a new election ordered by a court in an election contest. (b) The district court he…