Sec. 6. Each cross-petition filed under section 4 of this chapter must state the following:

(1) The office for which the cross-petitioner desires a recount.

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(2) The precincts within the county in which the cross-petitioner desires a recount.

(3) That the cross-petitioner was a candidate at the election for nomination or election to the office and that the nomination or office was voted upon in the precincts specified.

(4) The name and address of the cross-petitioner’s opposing candidate or candidates.

(5) That the cross-petitioner in good faith believes that the votes cast for nomination or election to the office at the election in the precincts were not correctly counted and returned.

(6) That the cross-petitioner desires a recount of all of the votes cast for nomination or election to the office in the precincts specified.

[Pre-1986 Recodification Citation: 3-1-27-6 part.]

As added by P.L.5-1986, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.10-1988, SEC.137.