Tex. Election Code § 211.002
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 211.002, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 211.002. DEFINITIONS.
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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.
(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.
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