(A) (1) The contestant shall pay all cost and expenses incurred in a recount of an election demanded by the contestant if the recount fails to reverse the result of the election or if the difference between the winning and a losing vote on the result contested, prior to the recount, is more than two percent.
(2) The recount request shall include a deposit in cash or by certified check for $100. The deposit shall be applied against any costs incurred or refunded if there is not liability for recount costs.
(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 ten days after the City Council has finally declared the election results, an action in the superior court in the judicial district in which the city is located. If no such action is commenced within the ten day period, the election and election results shall be conclusive, final and valid in all respects.
(Ord. No. 2001-06, passed 5-22-01)