The certification of election or nomination of any person to office, or of the result
on any question submitted be referendum, may be contested in the circuit court by
any unsuccessful candidate for such office or nomination thereto, or by any taxpayer,
respectively. Such contestants shall file a complaint, together with the fees prescribed
in F.S. ch. 28, with the clerk of the circuit court within ten days after midnight
of the date the canvassing board adjourns, and the complaint shall set forth the grounds
on which the contestant intends to establish his right to such office or set aside
the result of the election on a submitted referendum. The canvassing board shall be
the proper party defendant and the successful candidate shall be an indispensable
party to any action brought to contest the election or nomination of a candidate.
(Ord. 92-11, passed 4-13-92)
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