Texas Election Code 212.032 – Notice of Approval to Others Involved in Election
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 212.032
- Measure: means a question or proposal submitted in an election for an expression of the voters' will. See Texas Election Code 1.005
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- 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
- Registered voter: means a person registered to vote in this state whose registration is effective. See Texas Election Code 1.005
After approving a recount petition, the recount coordinator shall promptly notify the following persons of the petition’s approval:
(1) if the recount involves an election for nomination or election to an office, each opposing candidate;
(2) if the recount involves an election for presidential electors, the presidential candidate who is shown by the election returns to have received the most votes;
(3) if the recount involves a measure:
(A) the campaign treasurer of each specific-purpose political committee involved in the election on the side opposite the side that the petitioner represents; or
(B) a person eligible to vote in the election, selected by the recount coordinator as an appropriate representative of the interests of the opposite side, if no specific-purpose committee was involved in the election; or
(4) if the recount involves a presidential primary election:
(A) each opposing candidate; and
(B) a registered voter selected by the recount coordinator as an appropriate representative of the interests of the uncommitted delegation, if an uncommitted delegation is entitled to delegate representation.