North Dakota Code 16.1-16-05 – Grounds for election contest
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An election contest may be commenced for any of the following causes:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 16.1-16-05
- Ballot: means a paper ballot from which the votes for candidates and questions are tabulated by hand or by a voting system. See North Dakota Code 16.1-06-12
- candidate: means :
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. The contestee does not or cannot meet the qualifications to hold the office as required by law.
2. The existence of illegal votes or erroneous or fraudulent voting, count, canvass, or recount of votes.
3. The contestee was listed as a candidate on the ballot despite failing to meet the requirements to be listed on the ballot.