The court with which a petition to contest an election is filed shall fix a suitable time for hearing
such contest, which shall be not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days after the filing of the
petition. Such court shall have a copy of the contestor's petition served upon the contestee or upon
the chairman of the committee taking the other side in advocacy of or opposition to any issue, in the
same manner as a summons in a civil action. The contestee shall have ten days from the time service
has been made upon him in which to answer the petition, and the contestor shall have five days in
which to reply to the answer of the contestee. All parties may be represented by counsel and the
hearing shall proceed at the time fixed, unless postponed by the judge hearing the case for good
cause shown by either party by affidavit or unless the judge adjourns to another time, not more than
thirty days thereafter, of which adjournment the parties interested shall take notice.
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