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Title 12 - Elections
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Chapter 21 - Recounts
Chapter 21 - Recounts
§ 12-21-1 Purpose of chapter--Liberal construction.
§ 12-21-2 Composition and appointment of county recount board--Oath to act in good faith and with impartiality.
§ 12-21-3 Notice of appointment and time and place of recount--Notice to candidates.
§ 12-21-4 Compensation of recount referee and appointive members of board.
§ 12-21-4.1 Mileage allowance for recount board members.
§ 12-21-5 Repealed.
§ 12-21-6 Application of chapter.
§ 12-21-6.1 Code of regulations to govern recounts.
§ 12-21-7 Conditions under which recount made.
§ 12-21-8 Precinct recount on petition by voters of precinct.
§ 12-21-9 Extended time for filing additional precinct recount petitions.
§ 12-21-10 Complete recount on candidate's petition in close local election.
§ 12-21-11 Complete recount on candidate's petition in close election in joint legislative district.
§ 12-21-11.1 Notice to secretary of state of petition filed with county auditor.
§ 12-21-12 Candidate's petition for recount in close state or district election--Notice to county auditors.
§ 12-21-13 Computation of total vote where two or more candidates elected to same office.
§ 12-21-14 Voters' petition for recount on question submitted to entire state--Form of petition--Notice to county auditors.
§ 12-21-15 Petition for recount in close presidential election--Time of filing--Notice to county auditors.
§ 12-21-16 Tie vote certified by canvassing board--Automatic recount.
§ 12-21-17 Repealed.
§ 12-21-18 Chapter not applicable where runoff election required.
§ 12-21-19 Joint petition by defeated candidates.
§ 12-21-20 Notice to circuit judge of recount petition--Appointment and convening of recount board.
§ 12-21-20.1 Appointment of additional recount board.
§ 12-21-21 Adjournment by board to another place.
§ 12-21-22 Adjournment to permit combining separate recounts of same ballots.
§ 12-21-23 Majority vote of county recount board--Quorum.
§ 12-21-24 Materials to be provided to recount board--Determination as to whether ballot countable.
§ 12-21-25 Recount to proceed expeditiously.
§ 12-21-26 Candidates' right to witness recount--Witnesses to recount on submitted question.
§ 12-21-27 Segregation and identification of disputed ballots.
§ 12-21-28 Identification of ballots disputed in two or more recounts--Substitution of memorandum describing ballot.
§ 12-21-29 Opening of segregated ballot for purpose of different recount--Identification and substitution of memorandum if disputed--Resealing.
§ 12-21-30 Opening of segregated ballots involved in previous judicial proceedings--Court order to preserve rights.
§ 12-21-31 Return and resealing of undisputed ballots--Certification of disputed ballots.
§ 12-21-32 Certification of recount result--Contents and execution--Transmittal to secretary of state.
§ 12-21-33 Sealing and certification of disputed ballots.
§ 12-21-34 Filing and preservation of certificates.
§ 12-21-35 Certification of recount result to canvassing board--Recount result in lieu of official returns.
§ 12-21-36 Recanvass and corrected abstract of votes in local election.
§ 12-21-37 New certificate of election or nomination to local office when result changed by recount.
§ 12-21-38 Repealed.
§ 12-21-39 Reconvening of state canvassers after recount--Recanvass and corrected abstract.
§ 12-21-40 New certificate of election or nomination on change of result by corrected abstract of state returns.
§ 12-21-41 Original certificate of nomination or election superseded by certificate issued after recount--Rights of holder.
§ 12-21-42 Original determination on submitted question superseded by determination after recount.
§ 12-21-43 Tie vote after recount determined by lot--Issuance of certificate.
§ 12-21-44 Second recount prohibited--Exception.
§ 12-21-45 Court order for second recount--Grounds--Time of filing petition.
§ 12-21-46 Court removal and replacement of recount board member not acting in good faith.
§ 12-21-47 Persons entitled to certiorari for review of recount--Time of filing of petition.
§ 12-21-48 Original jurisdiction of certiorari proceedings.
§ 12-21-49 Form and contents of petition for certiorari.
§ 12-21-50 Issuance of writ of certiorari--Officials to whom addressed--Contents.
§ 12-21-51 Service of writ of certiorari--Persons on whom served.
§ 12-21-52 Intervention in certiorari involving submitted question.
§ 12-21-53 Answer to petition for certiorari--Joint or several answer.
§ 12-21-54 Defenses set forth in answer to certiorari--New allegations--Petition for additional writ.
§ 12-21-55 Insufficient certification--Further certification required.
§ 12-21-56 Hearing on certiorari--Conference to narrow issues.
§ 12-21-57 Scope of review on certiorari--Correction of errors.
§ 12-21-58 Procedure as in other cases of certiorari.
§ 12-21-59 Judgment on certiorari.
§ 12-21-60 Right of appeal to Supreme Court from judgment on certiorari.
§ 12-21-61 Procedure on appeal to Supreme Court--Provisions to secure speedy determination.