A person asking for a recount may choose the counting method, but any specific method request must be put in the recount document and may need a check if changing to a manual recount.
Sec. 214.042. COUNTING METHOD FOR RECOUNT. (a) A person requesting a recount of electronic voting system ballots has a choice of: (1) an electronic recount using the same program as the original count; (2) an electronic recount using a corrected program under Section 214.046(c), if obtainable; or (3) a manual recount as provided by Subchapter A. (b) The same counting method must be used in all precincts included in the recount document for which the same program was used in the original count. (c) Unless a different counting method is requested, the ballots shall be counted electronically using the same program as the original count. (d) Except as otherwise provided by this subchapter, a request for a specific counting method must be made in the recount document, specifying the precincts to which the request applies if it does not apply to all precincts in which electronic voting system ballots are to be recounted. (e) After a recount document is approved, the person requesting the recount may change the counting method specified in the document by filing with the appropriate recount supervisor a written request for a different method before the supervisor gives notice of the time and place for beginning the recount. If the requested change is to a manual recount, the request must be accompanied by a cashier's check payable to the recount coordinator in the amount of the difference between the amount of the deposit for a manual recount and the amount for an electronic recount. (f) If a recount supervisor who receives a request for a change to a manual recount under Subsection (e) is not also the recount coordinator, the supervisor shall notify the coordinator of the change and shall deliver the accompanying check to the coordinator. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 59, Sec. 18, eff. Oct. 20, 1987.