Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
ELECTION CODE |
Title 14. ELECTION CONTESTS |
Subtitle B. CONTESTS IN DISTRICT COURT |
Chapter 232. CONTESTS FOR OFFICE |
Subchapter A. TRIAL AND DISPOSITION OF CONTEST |
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.