Tex. Election Code § 243.002
This is the official text of Tex. Election Code § 243.002, part of Texas’s Election Code — governs how elections are conducted.
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§ 243.002. PARTIES.
Official statutory text
(a) An election of presidential electors may be contested only by:
(1) a presidential candidate whose name appeared on the ballot for the election in this state or who had qualified as a write-in candidate in this state;
(2) any one or more of the presidential elector candidates who correspond to a presidential candidate specified by Subdivision (1), if the presidential candidate gives express approval; or
(3) a presidential candidate specified by Subdivision (1) and one or more corresponding presidential elector candidates acting jointly.
(b) The contestees are the presidential elector candidates officially determined to be elected and the presidential candidate to whom they correspond.
(1) a presidential candidate whose name appeared on the ballot for the election in this state or who had qualified as a write-in candidate in this state;
(2) any one or more of the presidential elector candidates who correspond to a presidential candidate specified by Subdivision (1), if the presidential candidate gives express approval; or
(3) a presidential candidate specified by Subdivision (1) and one or more corresponding presidential elector candidates acting jointly.
(b) The contestees are the presidential elector candidates officially determined to be elected and the presidential candidate to whom they correspond.
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