{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 221.012","heading":"TRIBUNAL'S ACTION ON CONTEST.","body":"(a) If the tribunal hearing an election contest can ascertain the true outcome of the election, the tribunal shall declare the outcome.\n(b) The tribunal shall declare the election void if it cannot ascertain the true outcome of the election.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 14. ELECTION CONTESTS","SUBTITLE A. INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 221. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.221.htm#221.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"bfeba38dc40d7f736e7401ca5dda202b8a3682264041f2f180aa718e663bd86b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-221.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}