Rule 29. ELECTION CONTEST CASE

Any emergency motion, motion to expedite, or application for appeal related to an election contest case shall contain:

(1) A brief recitation of the basis (statutory or otherwise) for the challenge made and the relief requested in the underlying lawsuit;

(2) A concise jurisdictional statement, which must include: 31 a. The basis for taking an appeal at this time, see, e.g., OCGA §§ 5-6-34, 5-6-35, 21-2-5(e), 21-2-528, 21-4-6(g); b. The basis for this Court having jurisdiction instead of the Court of Appeals. See, e.g., Ga. Const. of 1983, Art. VI, Sec. VI, Pars. II-III; OCGA § 15-3-3.1. If a party contends that this Court has jurisdiction because of a constitutional question, its jurisdictional statement shall contain record citations indicating where the constitutional question was raised below and where the trial court ruled on it; and c. The filing dates from the proceedings below and also on any appeal establishing that the attempt to appeal is timely. See, e.g., OCGA §§ 5-6-35, 5-6-38, 5-6-39, 21-2-171 (c), 21-2-528;

(3) An enumeration of errors, which shall set out separately each error to be argued on appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-40;

(4) A recitation of the means utilized to expedite resolution of the underlying election contest with dispatch;

(5) A brief explanation which cites to authority of how the party has standing to bring the suit. III. INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS