Tex. Election Code § 241.003
PETITION
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- Tex. Election Code § 241.003, PETITION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/641683
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(a) The contestant must state the grounds for the contest in a petition in the same manner as a petition in an election contest in the district court.
(b) The contestant must file the petition with the secretary of state not later than the later of the seventh day after the date the election records are publicly available under Section 1.012 or the official result of the contested election is determined. The contestant must deliver a copy of the petition to the contestee by the same deadline.
(c) The contestant may not file the petition with the secretary of state or deliver the copy to the contestee before the day after the date of the contested election.
(d) Section 1.006 does not apply to this section.