US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  34
                                  ELECTIONS
                                  CHAPTER 21
                       ELECTION CONTESTS -- LEGISLATIVE
                         AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES
    34-2114.  EXAMINATION OF POLL BOOKS AND BALLOTS. If, at the time of taking
depositions to be used before the legislature, or either branch thereof, in
the case of a contested election, the notice shall allege that it is necessary
for the determination of such contest that the ballots or the poll books of
any election district or districts should be inspected, the officer or
officers before whom such depositions shall be taken shall, on the request of
either party to the contest, issue an order requiring the county auditor, or
other person in whose custody or possession the ballots or poll books may be,
naming the district or districts mentioned in the notice, to deliver them to
the person or persons therein named, who shall deliver them to the person or
persons issuing such order. Such officer or officers shall transmit such
ballots or poll books, unopened, in the same envelope with the depositions, as
provided in the preceding section.