§14-22 - Contested nominations of presidential electors and alternates.
§14-22 Contested nominations ofpresidential electors and alternates. If more than one certificate ofchoice and selection of presidential electors and alternate electors of thesame political party or group is filed with the chief election officer, as chairpersonof the contested presidential electors' committee hereby constituted, the chiefelection officer shall notify the state comptroller and attorney general, whoare the remaining members of the committee, of the date, time, and place of thehearing to be held for the purposes of making a determination of which set ofelectors and alternative electors were lawfully chosen and selected by thepolitical party or group. Notice of the hearing shall be given to thechairperson of the state central committee of each political party and thechairperson of each party or group qualified under section 11-113,contestants for the positions of electors and alternate electors by writtennotice, and to all other interested parties by public notice at least once. Adetermination shall be made by the committee by majority vote not later than4:30 p.m. on October 30 of the same year and the determination shall befinal. Notice of the results shall be given to the nominees duly determined tohave been chosen. The committee shall have all the powers enumerated insection 11-43. [L 1970, c 26, pt of §2; am L 1973, c 217, §4(c); am L 1981, c100, §2(2); gen ch 1993; am L 1998, c 2, §7]