First instance body dealing with electoral disputes

Voting RightsAct (1981), Subchapter IV Recounts and Appeals, p48.

1571. Petition for recount.

A petition for recount may be filed by any candidate in anelection who believes that there was fraud or error committed in the casting,canvassing or return of the votes cast at said election.  The petition shall be filed with the ElectionCommission or the board of election of the election district in which therecount is requested.  Such petitionshall contain a statement sworn to before a notary public or other personauthorized to administer oaths that the petitioner has reason to believe anddoes believe that the records or copies of records made by the board ofelection of such district are erroneous, specifying wherein he deems suchrecords or copies thereof to be in error, or that votes were cast by personsnot entitled to vote therein, and that he believes that a recount of theballots cast in the district will affect the election of one or more candidatesvoted for at such election.  The petitionmay not be filed later than two weeks after the election at which the voteswere cast unless such filing is prevented by circumstances beyond the controlof the petitioner.

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