US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  34
                                  ELECTIONS
                                  CHAPTER 21
                       ELECTION CONTESTS -- LEGISLATIVE
                         AND STATE EXECUTIVE OFFICES
    34-2118.  OPENING AND CUSTODY OF PAPERS. The papers relating to any such
contest shall be opened only in the presence of the body by the presiding
officer, to whom the same shall be delivered. If ballots or poll books are
contained therein, they shall, after being opened, remain in the custody of
such presiding officer, subject to the inspection of the members, unless they
shall by vote be temporarily committed to the chairman of a committee, in
which case such chairman shall return them to the proper presiding officer;
and they shall, upon the decision of the contest, be again sealed up in an
envelope, and returned by mail or otherwise to the office of the county
auditor in which they were first required to be filed.