Sentence examples for contest proceeds from inspiring English sources
The court could also object to his view that the threshold test to challenge election results is a "reasonable probability" that the outcome would change if the contest proceeds.
But the formal leadership challenge mechanism – nominations for a named candidate; followed by a special conference card vote to decide if a leadership contest proceeds – is in practice inoperable, surely by design.
Yet the contest proceeds".
Section 102.168(2) sets forth the procedures that must be followed in a contest proceeding, providing that the contestant file a complaint in the Circuit Court within ten days after certification of the election returns or five days after certification following a protest pursuant to section 102.166(1), whichever occurs later.
Section 102.168(2) sets forth the procedures that must be followed in a contest proceeding, providing that the contestant file a complaint in the Circuit Court within ten days after certification of the election returns or five days after certification following a protest pursuant to section 102.166(1), Florida Statutes (2000), whichever occurs later.
The circuit judge is statutorily charged with three tasks in a contest proceeding: (1) to ensure that each allegation in the contestant's complaint is investigated, examined or checked; (2) to prevent or correct any alleged wrong and (3) to provide any relief appropriate under such circumstances.
That's what every contest proceeding is.
This later construed as evidence of animus against B. Contest proceeded without further dispute.
"They are in the nature of a contest proceeding," Mr. Klain said of the suits.
In contrast, a contest proceeding involves a legal challenge to the outcome of an election.
Accordingly, while the board's actions concerning the elections process may constitute evidence in a contest proceeding, the board's decisions are not to be accorded the highly deferential "abuse of discretion" standard of review during a contest proceeding.
