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CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 16000. - 16000. The general election contest provisions of this division, exclusive...
Section 16002. - 16002. When used in this division, “contestant” means any person...
Section 16003. - 16003. In a contest of the election of presidential electors...
CHAPTER 2 - Grounds for Contest
Section 16100. - 16100. Any elector of a county, city, or of any...
Section 16101. - 16101. Any candidate at a primary election may contest the...
CHAPTER 3 - Contests at General Elections
Section 16200. - 16200. This chapter shall not apply to elections for the...
Section 16201. - 16201. No irregularity or improper conduct in the proceedings of...
Section 16202. - 16202. When any election held for an office exercised in...
Section 16203. - 16203. An election shall not be set aside on account...
Section 16204. - 16204. An election shall not be set aside on account...
CHAPTER 4 - Contests at Primary Elections
Section 16300. - 16300. Irregularity or improper conduct shall annul or set aside...
CHAPTER 5 - Form of Contest Statement
ARTICLE 1 - General Elections
Section 16400. - 16400. When an elector contests any election he or she...
Section 16401. - 16401. The contestant shall verify the statement of contest, as...
Section 16402. - 16402. When the reception of illegal votes is alleged as...
Section 16402.5. - 16402.5. An election shall not be set aside on account...
Section 16403. - 16403. A statement of the grounds of contest shall not...
Section 16404. - 16404. The affidavit shall specify separately each precinct in which...
ARTICLE 2 - Primary Elections
Section 16420. - 16420. The defendant shall be named in the affidavit. (Enacted...
Section 16421. - 16421. The affidavit shall be filed in the office of...
ARTICLE 3 - Contests Other than Recount
Section 16440. - 16440. This article applies only to contests on the grounds...
Section 16441. - 16441. If the nomination contested is for an office including...
Section 16442. - 16442. After the affidavit is filed with the clerk of...
Section 16443. - 16443. The defendant, after receipt of the copy of the...
Section 16444. - 16444. No special appearance, demurrer or objection may be taken...
ARTICLE 4 - Contests Involving a Recount
Section 16460. - 16460. This article applies only to contests on the ground...
Section 16461. - 16461. The superior court of that county in which is...
Section 16462. - 16462. No service other than as provided in this section...
Section 16463. - 16463. All candidates at any primary election are permitted to...
Section 16464. - 16464. At any time within three days after the filing...
Section 16465. - 16465. The defendant shall appear, either in person or by...
Section 16466. - 16466. The defendant may not make any special appearance for...
Section 16467. - 16467. The court, if the defendant appears, shall require the...
CHAPTER 6 - Elections Official s Duties
ARTICLE 1 - Contest Procedures at General Elections
Section 16500. - 16500. Within five days after the end of the time...
Section 16501. - 16501. The clerk of the superior court shall thereupon issue...
Section 16502. - 16502. The clerk of the superior court shall issue subpoenas...
Section 16503. - 16503. The contestant shall, in the first instance, be liable...
ARTICLE 2 - Contest Procedures at Primary Elections: Contests Other Than Recount
Section 16520. - 16520. The clerk of the superior court, within five days...
Section 16521. - 16521. The clerk of the superior court, after an order...
ARTICLE 3 - Contest Procedures at Primary Elections: Involving a Recount
Section 16540. - 16540. On the fifth day after the end of the...
CHAPTER 7 - Court s Duties
Section 16600. - 16600. The court shall meet at the time and place...
Section 16601. - 16601. At the trial the ballots shall be opened and...
Section 16602. - 16602. In the trial and determination of election contests, the...
Section 16603. - 16603. The court shall continue in session to hear and...
ARTICLE 2 - Primary Elections: Contests Other than Recount
Section 16620. - 16620. The court shall meet at the time and place...
ARTICLE 3 - Primary Elections: Contests Involving a Recount
Section 16640. - 16640. If the number of votes that are sought to...
Section 16641. - 16641. If the proceeding is in a county where there...
Section 16642. - 16642. The judges designated by the order to hear the...
Section 16643. - 16643. The proceedings before every judge in making a recount...
CHAPTER 8 - Court s Decisions, Judgment, and Determinations
Section 16700. - 16700. The person declared elected by the superior court is...
Section 16701. - 16701. If the elections official has issued any certificate for...
Section 16702. - 16702. Whenever an election is annulled or set aside by...
Section 16703. - 16703. If in any election contest it appears that another...
ARTICLE 2 - Primary Elections: Other than Recount
Section 16720. - 16720. After the court has heard the proofs and allegations...
ARTICLE 3 - Primary Elections: Involving a Recount
Section 16740. - 16740. When the recount has been completed in the manner...
Section 16741. - 16741. A certified copy of the judgment shall be served...
Section 16742. - 16742. If the contest proceeds in more than one county,...
CHAPTER 9 - Costs
Section 16800. - 16800. If the proceedings in a general election contest under...
Section 16801. - 16801. Where two or more contested elections are joined for...
Section 16802. - 16802. Primarily each party is liable for the costs created...
Section 16803. - 16803. The provisions relating to costs in contested final elections...
CHAPTER 10 - Appeals
Section 16900. - 16900. Any party aggrieved by the judgment of the court...
ARTICLE 2 - Primary Elections: Other than a Recount
Section 16920. - 16920. Either party to a contest may appeal to the...
Section 16940. - 16940. The judgment of the court is final in every...