Texas Election Code 212.0231 – Obtaining Initial Recount in Presidential Primary Election
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 212.0231
- 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
Except as provided by § 212.0241, in a presidential primary election, a candidate in the election, or any 25 or more persons who were eligible to vote in the election acting jointly on behalf of an uncommitted delegation, may obtain an initial recount in the election if:
(1) the difference in the number of votes received by the candidate or uncommitted status and any candidate or uncommitted status shown by the election returns to be entitled to delegate representation at the political party’s national presidential nominating convention is less than 10 percent of the number of votes received by the latter candidate or the uncommitted status; or
(2) the secretary of state certifies that counting errors affecting the election occurred in one or more election precincts in which paper ballots were used, as provided by § 212.034.