Tex. Election Code § 212.0231
OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION
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- Tex. Election Code § 212.0231, OBTAINING INITIAL RECOUNT IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/641489
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Except as provided by Section 212.0241, in a presidential primary election, a candidate in the election, or any 25 or more persons who were eligible to vote in the election acting jointly on behalf of an uncommitted delegation, may obtain an initial recount in the election if:
(1) the difference in the number of votes received by the candidate or uncommitted status and any candidate or uncommitted status shown by the election returns to be entitled to delegate representation at the political party's national presidential nominating convention is less than 10 percent of the number of votes received by the latter candidate or the uncommitted status; or
(2) the secretary of state certifies that counting errors affecting the election occurred in one or more election precincts in which paper ballots were used, as provided by Section 212.034.