(a) The contestant shall pay all costs and expenses incurred in a recount of an election demanded by the contestant if the recount fails to reverse any result of the election or the difference between the winning and a losing vote on the result contested is more than 2%.
(b) No person may appeal or seek judicial review of a city election for any cause or reason unless the person is qualified to vote in the city, has exhausted his administrative remedies before the City Council and has commenced, within 10 days after the Council has finally declared the election results, an action in the superior court in the city's judicial district. If no such action is commenced within the 10-day period, the election and election results shall be conclusive, final and valid in all respects.