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2025 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 16 - ELECTIONS CONTESTS
CHAPTER 4 - Contests at Primary Elections
Section 16300.

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CA Elec Code § 16300 (2025)
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16300. Irregularity or improper conduct shall annul or set aside a nomination only if it appears that illegal votes in the precinct have been given to the defendant, which if taken from him or her, would reduce the number of his legal votes below the number of votes given to the contestant.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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