25-1436. Grounds for contest.
25-1436
25-1436. Grounds for contest.Any contest of election to which K.S.A. 25-1435, and amendments thereto, applies shallbe brought on any one or more of the following grounds:
(a) The person to whom a certificate of election was issued wasineligible to hold such office at the time of the election;
(b) some voters were deprived of the right of voting for a candidateor on a question submitted, when such voters had the right under theelection laws of this state to vote thereon, and such deprival couldchange the result of the election;
(c) illegal votes were received or legal votes were rejected which couldchange the result of the election;
(d) error or fraud occurred in computing the results of the electionwhich could change the result of the election;
(e) the person to whom the certificate of election was issuedoffered or gave, or caused to be offered or given, a bribe to any personcharged by law with any election duty, for the purpose of procuring suchperson's election; or
(f) any other cause which shows that another was the person to whomthe certificate of election for such office should have been issued.
History: L. 1978, ch. 138, § 3;L. 1985, ch. 121, § 1; March 28.