{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"20502","citation":"Elec. Code, § 20502","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 20. ELECTION CAMPAIGNS [20000. - 20520.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-20"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Libel and Slander [20500. - 20502.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-20/chapter-6"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(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.</p><p>(b) The remedy provided by this section is in addition to any other remedy provided by law.</p>","text":"(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. (b) The remedy provided by this section is in addition to any other remedy provided by law.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/libel-and-slander-20502","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}