62.5 - STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CONTEST.
62.5 STATEMENT OF INTENT TO CONTEST.
1. Within twenty days after the board of supervisors declares a
winner from the canvass of an election, the contestant shall file
with the commissioner a written statement of intention to contest the
election. If a recount is held for the office in question, and the
recount board finds that the winner was someone other than the person
declared at the original canvass of votes, a contest may be filed
within twenty days after the board of supervisors declares a winner
from the recount of votes.
2. The contestant's statement shall include the following:
a. The name of the contestant and that the contestant is
qualified to hold such office.
b. The name of the incumbent.
c. The office contested.
d. The date of the election.
e. The particular causes of the contest pursuant to section
57.1, subsection 2. If a cause of the contest is an allegation that
illegal votes were received or that legal votes were rejected, a
statement shall be included setting forth the names of the persons
who are alleged to have voted illegally or whose votes were rejected
and the precinct where they voted or offered to vote.
f. The affidavit of the contestant, or some elector of the
county, affirming the causes set forth are true. Section History: Early Form
[C51, § 345; R60, § 575; C73, § 697; C97, § 1203; C24, 27, 31, 35,
39, § 1024; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §
62.5] Section History: Recent Form
2002 Acts, ch 1134, §75, 114, 115