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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 50.48, subsection 3, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph: 1 3 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. The candidate requesting the 1 4 recount and the apparent winner shall select the precincts to 1 5 be recounted. If they cannot agree, all of the precincts in 1 6 the district, ward, or county shall be recounted. In the case 1 7 of a recount of a statewide office, if the candidate 1 8 requesting the recount and the apparent winner cannot agree on 1 9 the precincts or counties to be recounted, all of the 1 10 precincts in the state shall be recounted. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 Current law allows the candidate requesting a recount to 1 13 specify the precincts to be recounted. This bill provides 1 14 that the candidate requesting the recount and the apparent 1 15 winner of the election must agree on the precincts to be 1 16 recounted, or, if a statewide office, the precincts or 1 17 counties to be recounted. If they cannot agree, all of the 1 18 precincts shall be recounted. 1 19 The bill applies by operation of law to primary elections. 1 20 LSB 3240SV 79 1 21 sc/pj/5
Text: SF00404 Text: SF00406 Text: SF00400 - SF00499 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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