§ 3515.09Filing election contest petition

A contest of election shall be commenced by the filing of a petition with the clerk of the appropriate
court signed by at least twenty-five voters who voted at the last election for or against a candidate for
the office or for or against the issue being contested, or by the defeated candidate for said nomination
or election, within fifteen days after the results of any such nomination or election have been
ascertained and announced by the proper authority, or if there is a recount, within ten days after the
results of the recount of such nomination or election have been ascertained and announced by the
proper authority. Such petition shall be verified by the oath of at least two such petitioners, or by the
oath of the defeated candidate filing the petition, and shall set forth the grounds for such contest.


Said petition shall be accompanied by a bond with surety to be approved by the clerk of the
appropriate court in a sum sufficient, as determined by him, to pay all the costs of the contest. The
contestor and the person whose right to the nomination or election to such office is being contested,
to be known as the contestee, shall be liable to the officers and witnesses for the costs made by them
respectively; but if the results of the nomination or election are confirmed or the petition is dismissed
or the prosecution fails, judgment shall be rendered against the contestor for the costs; and if the
judgment is against the contestee or if the results of the nomination or election are set aside, the
county shall pay the costs as other election expenses are paid.




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