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Tex. Elec. Code § 211.002

DEFINITIONS

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Andrade v. NAACP of Austin (2011)

Most recently applied in Andrade v. NAACP of Austin (July 2011)

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff

In this title:

(1) "Recount" means the process conducted under this title for verifying the vote count in an election.

(2) "Initial recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter B, Chapter 212.

(3) "Partial recount" means a recount in fewer than the total number of election precincts involved in an election.

(4) "Supplementary recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter C, Chapter 212, following a partial initial recount.

(5) "Expedited recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter D, Chapter 212.

(6) "Recount coordinator" means the authority to whom a petition for an initial recount or an expedited recount is submitted under Section 212.026 or 212.082.

(7) "Recount supervisor" means the authority designated by Section 213.001 to manage and supervise a recount in election precincts in the jurisdiction of a local canvassing authority.

(8) "Recount document" means a petition for an initial recount, a petition for an expedited recount, an application for a supplementary recount, or an application for including remaining paper ballot precincts.

(9) "Recount deposit" means the deposit required by Section 212.111.

(10) "Voting system vote" means a vote cast in a voting system that is not a write-in vote.

(11) "Automatic recount" means a recount conducted under Chapter 216.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.