§11-172  Contests for cause; generally.  With respect to any election, any candidate, or qualified political party directly interested, or any thirty voters of any election district, may file a complaint in the supreme court.  The complaint shall set forth any cause or causes, such as but not limited to, provable fraud, overages, or underages, that could cause a difference in the election results.  The complaint shall also set forth any reasons for reversing, correcting, or changing the decisions of the precinct officials or the officials at a counting center in an election using the electronic voting system.  A copy of the complaint shall be delivered to the chief election officer or the clerk in the case of county elections. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §1(xx); am L 1975, c 36, §1(15); am L 1991, c 9, §2]

 

Case Notes

 

  A candidate's campaign coordinator has no standing to contest election.  56 H. 47, 527 P.2d 236.

  Sufficiency of complaint.  56 H. 47, 527 P.2d 236.

  Electorate as whole had standing.  61 H. 179, 599 P.2d 286.

  Plaintiffs failed to meet burden of demonstrating that irregularities in voting procedures for OHA trustees either could have caused a difference in election outcome or could have precluded the correct result from being ascertained.  84 H. 383, 935 P.2d 98.