APPLICATION FOR INCLUDING REMAINING PAPER BALLOT PRECINCTS

(a) If a petition is approved for a partial recount in election precincts in which paper ballots were used, any opposing candidate or any person listed in Section 212.023(b), 212.0231, or 212.024(b), as appropriate, may have the remaining election precincts in which paper ballots were used included in the initial recount by submitting an application for including the precincts to the recount coordinator. (b) The application must be submitted not later than 2 p.m. of the second day after the date the applicant receives notice of the petition's approval. (c) The application is subject to review, amendment, and action by the recount coordinator in the same manner as a petition submitted under this subchapter. (d) After approving an application for including remaining precincts, the recount coordinator shall promptly give notice of the approval to the applicant, the petitioner, and any other person entitled to notice under Section 212.032.