{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-216.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 216.004","heading":"COUNTING PROCEDURES.","body":"The method of counting votes in an automatic recount is the same method of counting used in the election that resulted in the tie vote.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 851, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 13. RECOUNTS","CHAPTER 216. AUTOMATIC RECOUNT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.216.htm#216.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"a557b850b56f83a49f20375a78e347c07f28336d28b9cd2c2e5b736556daa942","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-216.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-216.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}