{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-211.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 211.002","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this title:\n(1) \"Recount\" means the process conducted under this title for verifying the vote count in an election.\n(2) \"Initial recount\" means a recount obtained under Subchapter B, Chapter 212.\n(3) \"Partial recount\" means a recount in fewer than the total number of election precincts involved in an election.\n(4) \"Supplementary recount\" means a recount obtained under Subchapter C, Chapter 212, following a partial initial recount.\n(5) \"Expedited recount\" means a recount obtained under Subchapter D, Chapter 212.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(9) \"Recount deposit\" means the deposit required by Section 212.111.\n(10) \"Voting system vote\" means a vote cast in a voting system that is not a write-in vote.\n(11) \"Automatic recount\" means a recount conducted under Chapter 216.\nActs 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.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 13. RECOUNTS","CHAPTER 211. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.211.htm#211.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"3b9378affa32b083f664b94972171ab331d39ec55a36680a953f827d3a45f7a2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-211.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-211.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}