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.
§ Ind. Code § 3-12-11-5Failure to file cross-petition or answer to a petition; admission of truth; presumption
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