Texas Election Code 211.003 – Change in Outcome of Election
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 211.003
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- General election: means an election, other than a primary election, that regularly recurs at fixed dates. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- Measure: means a question or proposal submitted in an election for an expression of the voters' will. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- Primary election: means an election held by a political party under Chapter 172 to select its nominees for public office, and, unless the context indicates otherwise, the term includes a presidential primary election. See Texas Election Code 1.005
In this title, a change in the outcome of an election occurs if, as a result of a recount in the precincts included in a recount document:
(1) a candidate who was shown by the previous vote count to be nominated, elected, or entitled to a place on a runoff ballot or to be tied for nomination, election, or entitlement to a place on a runoff ballot loses that status;
(2) in a presidential general election, the presidential candidate who was shown by the previous vote count to have received the most votes in this state loses that status;
(3) in an election on a measure, the winning side becomes the losing side; or
(4) in a presidential primary election, entitlement to delegate representation at the political party’s national presidential nominating convention on behalf of a candidate or an uncommitted delegation is changed.