An authority that orders an election may cancel the election only if the power to cancel the election is specifically provided by statute.
Tex. Elec. Code § 2.082
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY FOR CANCELLATION REQUIRED
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case in Re Marcelino Rodriguez, Donna Jean Fargas, and Linda Marie Wiltz Gilmore (2013)
Most recently applied in in Re Marcelino Rodriguez, Donna Jean Fargas, and Linda Marie Wiltz Gilmore (October 2013)
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1235 (S.B. 1970), Sec. 4, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.