{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Election Code § 232.006","heading":"VENUE.","body":"(a) The venue of an election contest for a statewide office is in Travis County.\n(b) The venue of a contest for an office less than statewide that is filled by voters of more than one county is:\n(1) in the county in which the contestee or any one of the contestees named under Section 232.003 resides if the residence is in the territory covered by the election; or\n(2) in any county wholly or partly in the territory covered by the election if:\n(A) no contestee named under Section 232.003 resides in that territory; or\n(B) none of the contestees is named under Section 232.003.\n(c) The venue of a contest for an office filled by voters of only one county is in that county.\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#232.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:06Z","sha256":"957d24fa2f6e5e5b90ba203d26b05790dacc1910ef202537e09d65b321749ddb","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-election-code-232.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}