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IC 3-12-11-5: Failure to file cross-petition or answer to a petition; admission of truth; presumption

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TITLE 3. ELECTIONS
ARTICLE 12. ASCERTAINING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS
Chapter 11. Recount and Contest Procedures for Presidential Primary Elections and Nomination for and Election to Federal, State, and Legislative Offices

Sec. 5. The failure to file either a cross-petition or an answer to a petition for a recount or contest does not:

(1) constitute an admission of the truth of the allegations of the petition; or

(2) imply a presumption in favor of the petition.

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