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<section article="gel" article_name="Election Law" number="12-202" title_number="12" title_name="Contested Elections" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Judicial Review of Elections">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If no other timely and adequate remedy is provided by this article, a registered voter may seek judicial relief from any act or omission relating to an election, whether or not the election has been held, on the grounds that the act or omission:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is inconsistent with this article or other law applicable to the elections process; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may change or has changed the outcome of the election.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A registered voter may seek judicial relief under this section in the appropriate circuit court within the earlier of:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>10 days after the act or omission or the date the act or omission became known to the petitioner; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>7 days after the election results are certified, unless the election was a gubernatorial primary or special primary election, in which case 3 days after the election results are certified.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
