Tex. Election Code Section 212.006
Withdrawal of Recount Petition


(a)

A recount petitioner may withdraw the petition for the recount by submitting a request to withdraw the petition to the recount coordinator. On receipt of the request, the recount coordinator shall immediately inform, by the most expeditious means possible, all parties who are entitled to receive notice of the recount under Section 212.032 (Notice of Approval to Others Involved in Election) that the request has been submitted and the recount canceled.

(b)

After a recount petition has been withdrawn, the petitioner may not petition again for a recount of that election.

(c)

The request for the withdrawal of a recount petition must be sworn to by the person requesting the withdrawal. The request must contain:

(1)

the identity of the office or measure for which the recount was requested;

(2)

the reason for the withdrawal;

(3)

a statement acknowledging that once the petition is withdrawn, the petitioner may not petition again for a recount of that election;

(4)

a statement acknowledging that the results of the canvass are official;

(5)

a statement acknowledging that money properly expended toward the holding of the recount before the request was submitted will be subtracted from the amount of the deposit that is refunded;

(6)

the signature of:

(A)

the person requesting the withdrawal; or

(B)

an agent of the person requesting the withdrawal; and

(7)

the printed name, address, and telephone number of the person requesting the withdrawal.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 59, Sec. 2, eff. Oct. 20, 1987.

Source: Section 212.006 — Withdrawal of Recount Petition, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.­212.­htm#212.­006 (accessed May 4, 2024).

212.001
General Requirements for Recount Document
212.002
Designation of Agent to Receive Notice
212.003
Submission of Recount Document
212.004
Furnishing Copies of Documents to Certain Interested Persons
212.005
Multiple Recounts on Same Office or Measure
212.006
Withdrawal of Recount Petition
212.021
Applicability of Subchapter
212.022
Obtaining Initial Recount in Election on Office
212.023
Obtaining Initial Recount in Election for Presidential Electors
212.024
Obtaining Initial Recount in Election on Measure
212.025
Petition for Initial Recount Required
212.026
Authority to Whom Petition Submitted
212.027
Notice of Petition Submission to Other Canvassing Authorities
212.028
Time for Submitting Petition
212.029
Initial Review of Petition
212.030
Amendment of Petition
212.031
Final Action on Petition
212.032
Notice of Approval to Others Involved in Election
212.033
Effect of Petition Submission on Canvass
212.034
Counting Errors as Ground for Recount in Paper Ballot Precincts
212.035
Application for Including Remaining Paper Ballot Precincts
212.051
Applicability of Subchapter
212.052
Supplementary Recount Authorized
212.053
Obtaining Supplementary Recount
212.054
Application for Supplementary Recount Required
212.055
Authority to Whom Application Submitted
212.056
Time for Submitting Application
212.057
Processing Application
212.081
Applicability of Subchapter
212.082
Recount Petition
212.083
Deadline for Submitting Petition
212.084
Notice of Petition Submission
212.085
Deadline for Amending Petition
212.086
Application for Including Remaining Paper Ballot Precincts
212.087
Processing Application
212.088
Deadline on Saturday, Sunday, or Holiday
212.089
Days and Hours for Performing Duties
212.111
Deposit Required
212.112
Amount of Deposit
212.113
Return of Deposit
212.131
Scope of Initial Recount
212.132
Scope of Supplementary Recount
212.133
Scope of Expedited Recount
212.134
Early Voting Votes Treated as Precinct
212.135
Votes to Be Recounted
212.136
Exclusion of Certain Votes from Recount in Precincts Using Voting System
212.137
Objection to Exclusion of Votes
212.0231
Obtaining Initial Recount in Presidential Primary Election
212.0241
No Ground Required for Electronic Voting System Recount
212.0331
Effect of Petition Submission on Qualifying for Office

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

§ 212.006’s source at texas​.gov