Tex. Election Code § 211.004
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 211.004, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 211.004. PRESIDING OFFICER OF CANVASSING AUTHORITY INELIGIBLE OR UNABLE TO SERVE.
Official statutory text
(a) The presiding officer of a local canvassing authority who is a candidate in a race for which a recount is to be made is ineligible to serve as the recount coordinator or recount supervisor.
(b) The presiding officer of a local canvassing authority may designate the following authority as the recount coordinator or recount supervisor, and if the presiding officer is ineligible or unable to serve as recount coordinator or recount supervisor, the following authority shall serve in that capacity:
(1) the county clerk, if a commissioners court is the canvassing authority;
(2) the city secretary, if a city's governing body is the canvassing authority;
(3) the secretary of the governing body, or the authority performing the duties of a secretary under this code, if the governing body of a political subdivision other than a county or city is the canvassing authority; or
(4) the secretary of the county executive committee, if a political party's county executive committee is the canvassing authority and the committee has a secretary who is a member of the committee, or the county clerk if the committee does not have a member-secretary.
(c) A substitute recount coordinator does not replace the presiding officer of the local canvassing authority in a canvass following a recount.
(b) The presiding officer of a local canvassing authority may designate the following authority as the recount coordinator or recount supervisor, and if the presiding officer is ineligible or unable to serve as recount coordinator or recount supervisor, the following authority shall serve in that capacity:
(1) the county clerk, if a commissioners court is the canvassing authority;
(2) the city secretary, if a city's governing body is the canvassing authority;
(3) the secretary of the governing body, or the authority performing the duties of a secretary under this code, if the governing body of a political subdivision other than a county or city is the canvassing authority; or
(4) the secretary of the county executive committee, if a political party's county executive committee is the canvassing authority and the committee has a secretary who is a member of the committee, or the county clerk if the committee does not have a member-secretary.
(c) A substitute recount coordinator does not replace the presiding officer of the local canvassing authority in a canvass following a recount.
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