Either the contestant or contestee, within the time provided by the Election Code for the preservation of ballots, may give written notice with delivery confirmation to the county clerk of those counties wherein the contestant or contestee wishes the ballots preserved that a contest is pending in a designated court, and thereupon it is the duty of the county clerk to preserve the ballots of all precincts named in the notice of contest and answer until the contest has been finally determined.
History: 1953 Comp., § 3-14-14, enacted by Laws 1969, ch. 240, § 339; 2015, ch. 145, § 72.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, amended the procedures for requesting preservation of ballots when there is contest of election; and after "may give", added "written", after "notice", deleted "by registered mail" and added "with delivery confirmation", and after "counties wherein", deleted "he" and added "the contestant or contestee".
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Custody of ballots since original count, determination of facts as condition of recount, 71 A.L.R. 435.
29 C.J.S. Elections § 234.