168.862 Error in canvass or returns of votes; recount petition by candidate; good-faith belief in winning.
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168.862 Error in canvass or returns of votes; recount petition by candidate; good-faith belief in winning.
Sec. 862.
A candidate for office who believes that the candidate is aggrieved on account of error in the canvass or returns of the votes may petition for a recount of the votes cast for that office in any precinct or precincts. A candidate is aggrieved if the candidate is able to allege a good-faith belief that, but for error in the canvass or returns of the votes, the candidate would have had a reasonable chance of winning the election. If a candidate for office files a recount petition, that candidate must file that recount petition in good faith and the number of votes requested to be recounted must, at a minimum, be greater than the difference in votes between the petitioning candidate and the winning candidate.
The candidate must use the form as required under section 865(1).
History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 192, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958 ;-- Am. 1976, Act 141, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1976 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 302 , Eff. Jan. 1, 2005 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 128 , Eff. Aug. 1, 2018 ;-- Am. 2024, Act 74 , Eff. Apr. 2, 2025
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