LD 802
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If the Secretary of State and the Attorney General jointly
agree that a candidate involved in the recount process is
delaying the process by refusing to continue with a recount
once it has begun or is refusing to set a reasonable time for
beginning or resuming a recount, then the Secretary of State
shall notify the Commission on Governmental Ethics and
Election Practices.__The commission may, after hearing, assess
penalties of up to $5,000 for abuse of the recount process.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill amends the law regarding the recount process by
stating under what circumstances a ballot in a recount may be
disputed. It also provides criteria by which the Secretary of
State shall make disputed ballots public and requires that the
identity of the voter who cast the disputed ballot is
protected. It also provides for a penalty for delaying the
recount process.

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