Texas Election Code 212.035 – Application for Including Remaining Paper Ballot Precincts
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(a) If a petition is approved for a partial recount in election precincts in which paper ballots were used, any opposing candidate or any person listed in § 212.023(b), 212.0231, or 212.024(b), as appropriate, may have the remaining election precincts in which paper ballots were used included in the initial recount by submitting an application for including the precincts to the recount coordinator.
(b) The application must be submitted not later than 2 p.m. of the second day after the date the applicant receives notice of the petition’s approval.
Terms Used In Texas Election Code 212.035
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- 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
(c) The application is subject to review, amendment, and action by the recount coordinator in the same manner as a petition submitted under this subchapter.
(d) After approving an application for including remaining precincts, the recount coordinator shall promptly give notice of the approval to the applicant, the petitioner, and any other person entitled to notice under § 212.032.