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Code · Texas · ELECTION CODE · TITLE 13. RECOUNTS · CHAPTER 211. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 211.002. DEFINITIONS.

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Sec. 211.002. DEFINITIONS. In this title:
(1)"Recount" means the process conducted under this title for verifying the vote count in an election.
(2)"Initial recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter B , Chapter 212 .
(3)"Partial recount" means a recount in fewer than the total number of election precincts involved in an election.
(4)"Supplementary recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter C , Chapter 212 , following a partial initial recount.
(5)"Expedited recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter D , Chapter 212 .
(6)"Recount coordinator" means the authority to whom a petition for an initial recount or an expedited recount is submitted under Section 212.026 or 212.082 .
(7)"Recount supervisor" means the authority designated by Section 213.001 to manage and supervise a recount in election precincts in the jurisdiction of a local canvassing authority.
(8)"Recount document" means a petition for an initial recount, a petition for an expedited recount, an application for a supplementary recount, or an application for including remaining paper ballot precincts.
(9)"Recount deposit" means the deposit required by Section 212.111 .
(10)"Voting system vote" means a vote cast in a voting system that is not a write-in vote.
(11)"Automatic recount" means a recount conducted under Chapter 216 .
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 851, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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