                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                     CHAPTER 12--CONTESTED ELECTIONS
 
Sec. 385. Default of contestee

    The failure of contestee to answer the notice of contest or to 
otherwise defend as provided by this chapter shall not be deemed an 
admission of the truth of the averments in the notice of contest. 
Notwithstanding such failure, the burden is upon contestant to prove 
that the election results entitle him to contestee's seat.

(Pub. L. 91-138, Sec. 6, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 286.)
