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Texas Election Code

§ 232.006 — VENUE

EL § 232.006Title 14. ELECTION CONTESTS · Part B. CONTESTS IN DISTRICT COURT · Ch. 232. CONTESTS FOR OFFICE · Art. A. TRIAL AND DISPOSITION OF CONTEST

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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.

Legislative history

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