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Senate File 405

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  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
     

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