Any candidate, hereafter referred to as petitioner, may contest the candidacy of any other candidate for the same office, hereafter referred to as contestee, by filing a written petition with the secretary of the election board with whom said candidate filed the declaration of candidacy. In the event only one candidate files for an office, a petition contesting the candidacy may be filed by any registered voter who is eligible to vote for the candidate.
Added by Laws 1974, c. 153, § 5-118, operative Jan. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 306, § 4, emerg. eff. May 30, 1990; Laws 1994, c. 360, § 1, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 130, § 1, emerg. eff. April 17, 1997.