Sec. 232.006. VENUE    


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  • (a) The venue of an election contest for a statewide office is in Travis County.

    (b) The venue of a contest for an office less than statewide that is filled by voters of more than one county is:

    (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

    (2) in any county wholly or partly in the territory covered by the election if:

    (A) no contestee named under Section 232.003 resides in that territory; or

    (B) none of the contestees is named under Section 232.003.

    (c) The venue of a contest for an office filled by voters of only one county is in that county.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.