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6-14-116. Contest of election.
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6-14-116. Contest of election.
(a) If the election of any member of a school district board of directors is contested, it shall be before the circuit court of the county in which the school district is domiciled.
(b) All actions to contest the election shall be commenced within twenty (20) days after the date the election is certified.
(c) Actions to contest the election of school district officers shall follow the procedures set out in § 7-5-801 et seq.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-14-116
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6-14-116. Contest of election.
(a) If the election of any member of a school district board of directors is contested, it shall be before the circuit court of the county in which the school district is domiciled.
(b) All actions to contest the election shall be commenced within twenty (20) days after the date the election is certified.
(c) Actions to contest the election of school district officers shall follow the procedures set out in § 7-5-801 et seq.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
7-5-801. Right of action — Procedure.
(a) A right of action is conferred on any candidate to contest the certification of nomination or the certificate of vote as made by the appropriate officials in any election.
(b) The action shall be brought in the circuit court of the county in which the certification of nomination or certificate of vote is made when a county or city or township office, including the office of county delegate or county committee member, is involved, and except as provided in this subchapter, within any county in the circuit or district wherein any of the wrongful acts occurred when any circuit or district office is involved, and except as provided in this subchapter, in the Pulaski County Circuit Court when the office of United States Senator or any state office is involved.
(c) If there are two (2) or more counties in the district where the action is brought and when fraud is alleged in the complaint, answer, or cross-complaint, the circuit court may hear testimony in any county in the district.
(d) The complaint shall be verified by the affidavit of the contestant to the effect that he or she believes the statements to be true and shall be filed within twenty (20) days of the certification that is the subject of the complaint.
(e) The complaint shall be answered within twenty (20) days.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 7-5-801
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 7-5-801. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.