California Elections Code CHAPTER 9 - Costs

• Section 16800.
  If the proceedings in a general election contest under this division are dismissed for insufficiency or for want of prosecution, or the election is confirmed...
• Section 16801.
  Where two or more contested elections are joined for the purpose of recounting votes, the costs shall be apportioned among the parties in the discretion...
• Section 16802.
  Primarily each party is liable for the costs created by himself or herself to the officers and witnesses entitled thereto, which costs may be collected...
• Section 16803.
  The provisions relating to costs in contested final elections apply to primary election contests conducted under this division.(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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