California · Elections Code

ELEC §16460: This article applies only to contests on the ground that due to mistake, error, or misconduct the votes in any precinct were so incorrectly counted as to change the result.

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This article governs legal challenges to election results based on claims that votes in a precinct were miscounted or misconducted in ways that altered the outcome.

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This article applies only to contests on the ground that due to mistake, error, or misconduct the votes in any precinct were so incorrectly counted as to change the result.

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