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1998 SESSION

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HB 1073 Election laws; contested elections for General Assembly.

Introduced by: Kenneth R. Melvin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Election laws definitions; contested elections for the General Assembly. Provides that a write-in candidate must have received at least 15 percent of the votes cast for the office in question to be eligible to contest the election. With respect to General Assembly election contests, the bill also (i) sets filing deadlines for subpoenas duces tecum and affidavits, (ii) exempts certain official election materials from being subpoenaed, and (iii) provides that the house hearing the contest, by a two-thirds vote, may require a contestant to pay the contestee's costs if the contest was brought in bad faith.


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