abstract:An election petition refers to the procedure for challenging the result of a Parliamentary election or local government election in the United Kingdom, India, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
The NPP filed a petition over the election result at the Supreme Court in late December, saying it had found irregularities including unregistered voters casting ballots.
With prospects dimming that Congress will pass campaign finance reform this year, President Bill Clinton is expected in the coming weeks to petition the Federal Election Commission to ban so-called soft money contributions.