Tex. Election Code § 232.049
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 232.049, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 232.049. SECOND RUNOFF FOLLOWING CONTEST OF RUNOFF.
Official statutory text
If in a new election ordered by a court in a contest of a runoff election there are more than two candidates and no candidate receives a majority vote, another runoff to determine the nomination or election to the contested office shall be ordered in accordance with Section 232.048, except as otherwise provided by that section.
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