34-2309. Automatic recount. A losing candidate for nomination, or election to a federal, state, or county office, or person supporting or opposing a ballot measure, may request a recount of the votes cast for the nomination or election to that office or passage or failure of a measure if the difference between the vote cast for that candidate and for the winning candidate for nomination or election, or the difference between the yes and no votes on a measure, is less than or equal to one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) of the total votes cast for that office. All requests shall be in writing, and filed with the attorney general during the time mentioned in section 34-2301, Idaho Code.
The state shall pay for the automatic recount of a federal, state, or legislative district office, or state measure while the county shall pay for the automatic recount of a county, city or district office or measure.
History:
[34-2309, added 1985, ch. 41, sec. 9, p. 87; am. 1986, ch. 97, sec. 3, p. 276; am. 2011, ch. 285, sec. 23, p. 786.]
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