(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 election.
Tex. Elec. Code § 221.012
TRIBUNAL'S ACTION ON CONTEST
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Honts v. Shaw (1998)
Most recently applied in McCurry v. Lewis (July 2008)
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff
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