TITLE 34

ELECTIONS

CHAPTER 21

ELECTION CONTESTS ACT

34-2103.  JURISDICTION — CONTESTS OVER LEGISLATIVE OFFICES — CONTESTS OVER EXECUTIVE OFFICES. (1)  Contests over legislative offices.

(a)  The senate will hear and determine contests of the election of its members.

(b)  The house of representatives will hear and determine contests of the election of its members.

(2)  Contests over executive offices. The legislature, in joint meeting, will hear and determine cases of contested election for all officers of the executive department. The meeting of the two (2) bodies to decide upon those elections will be held in the house of representatives, and the speaker of the house of representatives will preside.

History:

[34-2103, added 2017, ch. 293, sec. 2, p. 768.]