Statute · California Elections Code

Cal. Elec. Code § 16440 — Contests Other than Recount

Cal. Elec. Code § 16440

Type: Statute
Source: California Elections Code
Jurisdiction: California
Current through: Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

This article applies only to contests on the grounds that:

Citator

Cal. Elec. Code § 16440 — Contests Other than Recount is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

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.