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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="12-104" title_number="12" title_name="Contested Elections" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Recounts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A counterpetition to a question filed under § 12-103 of this subtitle may be filed by a voter eligible to vote for that question, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the petition filed under § 12-103 of this subtitle did not specify all of the precincts in which the question was on the ballot; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>on completion of the recount, the outcome of the election is changed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A counterpetition shall be a request for a recount of the votes for the question in the precincts not specified by the petitioner under § 12-103 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the question was on the ballot in one county, the counterpetition shall be filed in that county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the question was on the ballot in more than one county, the counterpetition shall be filed with the State Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The petition shall be filed within 2 days of the determination under subsection (a)(2) of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The State Board shall promptly notify each appropriate local board of a counterpetition that is filed with the State Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A local board shall promptly notify the State Board of a counterpetition that is filed with the local board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
