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Section 16440 Of Article 3. Contests Other Than Recount From California Elections Code >> Division 16. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 3.
16440
. This article applies only to contests on the grounds that:
(a) The defendant is not eligible to the office in dispute.
(b) The defendant has committed any offense against the elective franchise as defined in Division 18 (commencing with Section 18000).
(c) A sufficient number of votes were illegal, fraudulent, forged, or otherwise improper, and that had those votes not been counted the defendant would not have received as many votes as the contestant.
(a) The defendant is not eligible to the office in dispute.
(b) The defendant has committed any offense against the elective franchise as defined in Division 18 (commencing with Section 18000).
(c) A sufficient number of votes were illegal, fraudulent, forged, or otherwise improper, and that had those votes not been counted the defendant would not have received as many votes as the contestant.
