2025 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS
CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions
Section 16003.

Universal Citation:
CA Elec Code § 16003 (2025)
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16003. In a contest of the election of presidential electors the action or appeal shall have priority over all other civil matters. Final determination and judgment shall be rendered at least six days before the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 88, Sec. 4. (AB 507) Effective January 1, 2024.)

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