§ 5904. Delivery of notice and specification to presiding officer of Senate or House.
§ 5904. Delivery of notice and specification to presiding officer of Senate or House. Copies of the notice and specifications verified as provided in § 5903 of this title shall be delivered to the Speaker or President, as the case may be, of the house having cognizance of the matter. The contestant shall deliver the […]
§ 5905. Inquiry restricted to grounds specified.
§ 5905. Inquiry restricted to grounds specified. In the trial of the case of a contested election, the parties shall be restricted to the grounds of objection in the specifications set forth and shall not examine into the illegality of any votes other than those specified as illegal nor impeach such votes for any causes […]
§ 5906. Costs when sitting member unseated.
§ 5906. Costs when sitting member unseated. If the house having cognizance of the matter determines that the sitting member is not entitled to that sitting member’s own seat, it may order that the costs incurred by such contested election be paid by the State. Code 1852, § 432; Code 1915, § 1898; Code 1935, […]
§ 5907. Costs when sitting member is not unseated.
§ 5907. Costs when sitting member is not unseated. The house in determining against the claim of the contestant may also decide that the proceeding on the contestant’s part is frivolous and vexatious and may order that the contestant shall pay all the costs of the contested election, but without such order the contestant shall […]
§ 5908. Execution when costs are to be paid by contestant.
§ 5908. Execution when costs are to be paid by contestant. Any order for the payment of costs by the contestant shall be enforced by a writ issued by the Speaker or President, as the case may be, of the house in which such election was contested to the Sheriff of Kent County, directing the […]
§ 5921. Notice of contest; specification.
§ 5921. Notice of contest; specification. Any person intending to contest the election of any one declared by the Governor to have been chosen an elector of President and Vice President of the United States, shall, within 10 days after such declaration by proclamation of the Governor, give written notice of such intention to the […]
§ 5922. Specification in answer.
§ 5922. Specification in answer. The person declared to have been elected and who has received notice of contest shall, within 10 days after receiving specification of the grounds of contest, deliver to the person so contesting the elected person’s election, and to the Governor, a like specification of objections to the right of the […]
§ 5923. Verification of specifications.
§ 5923. Verification of specifications. Every specification shall be verified by the affidavit of the party delivering the same, stating that the party verily believes that the grounds of objection set forth are substantially true, and that the voters specified as illegal voters were not entitled by law to vote at the election in question. […]
§ 5924. Delivery of documents to special board of canvass.
§ 5924. Delivery of documents to special board of canvass. The notice and specification which have been delivered to the Governor shall be delivered by the Governor to the special board of canvass provided for in § 5927 of this title, together with the certificates of the votes given for each person voted for for […]
§ 5901. Notice of intention to contest; specifications.
§ 5901. Notice of intention to contest; specifications. Any person intending to contest the election or the eligibility of any one returned by the board of canvass as a member of either branch of the General Assembly from any of the counties of this State shall at least 20 days before the meeting of the […]