Texas § EL.211.002 - DEFINITIONS
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§ EL.211.002. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this title: (1) "Recount" means the process conducted under this title for verifying the vote count in an election. (2) "Initial recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter B , Chapter 212 . (3) "Partial recount" means a recount in fewer than the total number of election precincts involved in an election. (4) "Supplementary recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter C , Chapter 212 , following a partial initial recount. (5) "Expedited recount" means a recount obtained under Subchapter D , Chapter 212 . (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 . (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. (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. (9) "Recount deposit" means the deposit required by Section 212.111 . (10) "Voting system vote" means a vote cast in a voting system that is not a write-in vote. (11) "Automatic recount" means a recount conducted under Chapter 216 . Acts 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.
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