Tex. Election Code Section 247.001
Petition Alleging Fraud

This chapter applies to a civil suit in which a candidate in an election alleges in the petition that an opposing candidate, an agent of the opposing candidate, or a person acting on behalf of the opposing candidate with the candidate’s knowledge violated any of the following sections of this code:

(1)

Section 13.007 (False Statement on Application);

(2)

Section 64.012 (Illegal Voting);

(3)

Section 64.036 (Unlawful Assistance);

(4)

Section 84.003 (Signing Application by Witness; Assisting Applicant);

(5)

Section 84.0041 (Fraudulent Use of Application for Ballot by Mail);

(6)

Section 86.0051 (Unlawful Carrier Envelope Action by Person Other than Voter);

(7)

Section 86.006 (Method of Returning Marked Ballot);

(8)

Section 86.010 (Unlawfully Assisting Voter Voting Ballot by Mail);

(9)

Section 276.013 (Election Fraud); and

(10)

Section 276.015 (Vote Harvesting).
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 8.03, eff. December 2, 2021.

Source: Section 247.001 — Petition Alleging Fraud, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.­247.­htm#247.­001 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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