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2025 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 16002.
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CA Elec Code § 16002 (2025)
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16002. When used in this division, “contestant” means any person initiating an election contest. “Defendant” means that person whose election or nomination is contested or those persons receiving an equal and highest number of votes, other than the contestant, where, in other than primary elections, the body canvassing the returns declares that no one person has received the highest number of votes for the contested office.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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