Tex. Election Code § 232.007
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 232.007, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 232.007. RUNOFF NOT HELD UNTIL FINAL JUDGMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) A runoff election for a contested office may not be held until the judgment in the contest becomes final.
(b) This section does not affect the conduct of a regularly scheduled runoff for another office that was voted on at the same election as the contested office or at an election held jointly with the election in which the contested office was voted on.
(b) This section does not affect the conduct of a regularly scheduled runoff for another office that was voted on at the same election as the contested office or at an election held jointly with the election in which the contested office was voted on.
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