The method of counting votes in an automatic recount is the same method of counting used in the election that resulted in the tie vote.
Official text of the Texas Election Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
Election Code › Title 13 › Chapter 216
Texas Election Code § 216.004
Counting Procedures
Automatic Recount
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 851, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.