{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 232.005","heading":"ADDITIONAL CONTESTEE.","body":"The district court may require or permit any one or more candidates in a contested election to be named as contestee or may permit the candidates to intervene on the side of the contestee, as the court determines the circumstances warrant.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.","path":["ELECTION CODE","TITLE 14. ELECTION CONTESTS","SUBTITLE B. CONTESTS IN DISTRICT COURT","CHAPTER 232. CONTESTS FOR OFFICE","SUBCHAPTER A. TRIAL AND DISPOSITION OF CONTEST"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.232.htm#232.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"82a89802afa5c48427e6a1b742102a09e3661a9a4297f91040c123c0f42ccbd5","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}