Following certification by the county canvassing board, a candidate or voter also may contest election results by filing a complaint in circuit court.
In response, Mr. Gore's lawyers announced that they plan to go to court to contest election results in Miami-Dade County, and perhaps other counties as well.
NEW DELHI— An ordinance prepared by India's governing coalition to allow Indian lawmakers convicted of a crime to contest election while appeals against their conviction are pending in higher courts received a serious political setback Friday afternoon.
In announcing that they would contest election results in Miami-Dade County (and perhaps elsewhere) in court, as allowed under Florida law, Mr. Gore's lawyers risked making Mr. Gore look, at least in legal terms, like the one thing he had struggled for days not to be seen as: a sore loser.
Further, it is well-established, as reflected in the opinion of Judge Jonas in Smith v. Tynes, that in order to contest election results under section 102.168 of the Florida statutes, the plaintiff must show that but for the irregularity or inaccuracy claimed, the result of the election would have been different, and he or she would have been the winner.
The trial court began its analysis by stating: "It is well established and reflected in the opinion of Judge Joanos and Smith v. Tine, that in order to contest election results under section 102.168 of the Florida Statutes, the plaintiff must show that, but for the irregularity or inaccuracy claimed, the result of the election would have been different, and he or she would have been the winner.
As lawmakers awaited a new administration following the historic win of Barack Obama in the presidential contest, election-year political considerations dramatically slowed the U.S. legislative process.
Under the constitution, convicts cannot contest elections.
They only come here to contest elections".
A new Maoist party will contest elections.
"I will contest elections from Varanasi.
