{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-20502","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 20502","heading":"","body":"(a) In any action for libel or slander brought by a candidate, the willingness or unwillingness of the defendant to retract or correct a communication made in the course of a campaign, and his or her action in doing so, shall be admissible in evidence in the exemplary damages phase of a bifurcated trial.\n(b) The remedy provided by this section is in addition to any other remedy provided by law.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 20. ELECTION CAMPAIGNS [20000. - 20520.]","CHAPTER 6. Libel and Slander [20500. - 20502.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"3296ebca2b6a792cd1f263ce43ad00202c6e4508d1cd08ebbde1a8cb3186923f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-20501","next":"us-ca/elec-20510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}