California Code
PART 1 - PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS
CHAPTER 1 - Direct Primary

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 8000. - 8000. This chapter does not apply to: (a) Recall elections....

Section 8001. - 8001. (a) A declaration of candidacy for membership on a...

Section 8002. - 8002. If a candidate is a candidate for a nonpartisan...

Section 8002.5. - 8002.5. (a) A candidate for a voter-nominated office shall indicate...

Section 8003. - 8003. This chapter does not prohibit the independent nomination of...

Section 8004. - 8004. (a) In the event that no candidate files for...

Section 8005. - 8005. In addition to satisfying the requirements of Sections 9083.5,...

ARTICLE 2 - Nomination Documents

Section 8020. - 8020. (a) No candidate’s name shall be printed on the...

Section 8021. - 8021. All nomination documents which are delivered for filing to...

Section 8022. - 8022. Notwithstanding Section 8020 or any other provision of the...

Section 8023. - 8023. (a) Except in the case of a judicial office...

Section 8024. - 8024. Notwithstanding Section 8020 or any other provision of the...

Section 8025. - 8025. If a candidate who has declared a candidacy for...

Section 8026. - 8026. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for...

Section 8027. - 8027. (a) Filing of nomination papers for a nonpartisan office,...

Section 8028. - 8028. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a candidate...

ARTICLE 3 - Form of Nomination Documents

Section 8040. - 8040. (a) The declaration of candidacy by a candidate shall...

Section 8041. - 8041. (a) The nomination paper shall be in substantially the...

Section 8042. - 8042. The Secretary of State shall establish uniform filing forms...

ARTICLE 4 - Circulation and Signatures Nomination Documents

Section 8060. - 8060. A candidate who declares his or her candidacy shall...

Section 8061. - 8061. (a) If a candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant...

Section 8062. - 8062. (a) The number of registered voters required to sign...

Section 8063. - 8063. The nomination paper shall be delivered to the elections...

Section 8064. - 8064. The declaration of candidacy shall be obtained from, and...

Section 8065. - 8065. The elections official shall not accept for filing any...

Section 8066. - 8066. Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102. (Amended...

Section 8067. - 8067. No more signers shall be secured for any candidate...

Section 8068. - 8068. Signers shall be voters in the district or political...

Section 8069. - 8069. No signer shall, at the time of signing a...

Section 8070. - 8070. The elections official shall transmit to the Secretary of...

ARTICLE 5 - Verification of Nomination Signatures

Section 8080. - 8080. No fee or charge shall be made or collected...

Section 8081. - 8081. Before any nomination document is filed in the office...

Section 8082. - 8082. All nomination documents that are required to be filed...

Section 8083. - 8083. The county elections official’s statement to the Secretary of...

Section 8084. - 8084. If the number of signatures affixed to an in-lieu...

ARTICLE 6 - Nomination Papers. Place of Filing. Fees

Section 8100. - 8100. All nomination documents shall be filed as follows: (a)...

Section 8101. - 8101. All forms required for nomination and election to all...

Section 8102. - 8102. No defect in any nomination document presented shall prevent...

Section 8103. - 8103. (a) The following fees for filing declarations of candidacy...

Section 8104. - 8104. The filing fee to be paid to the county...

Section 8105. - 8105. (a) The filing fees for all candidates shall be...

Section 8106. - 8106. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a...

Section 8106.5. - 8106.5. (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section...

Section 8107. - 8107. The county elections official shall pay to the county...

ARTICLE 7 - Certified List of Candidates

Section 8120. - 8120. At least 68 days before the direct primary, the...

Section 8121. - 8121. (a) Not less than five days before he or...

Section 8122. - 8122. The Secretary of State shall certify and transmit the...

Section 8123. - 8123. The Secretary of State, at the time he or...

Section 8124. - 8124. The certified list of candidates sent to each county...

Section 8125. - 8125. The certified list of candidates sent to each county...

ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates

Section 8140. - 8140. Any candidate for a nonpartisan office who at a...

Section 8141. - 8141. If no candidate has been elected to a nonpartisan...

Section 8141.5. - 8141.5. Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 8142,...

Section 8142. - 8142. (a) In the case of a tie vote, nonpartisan...

Section 8143. - 8143. If the number of candidates elected at a primary...

Section 8144. - 8144. The candidates for election to membership on the county...

Section 8145. - 8145. It is the duty of the officers charged with...

Section 8146. - 8146. Certificates of nomination or election issued by county or...

Section 8147. - 8147. The Secretary of State shall issue certificates of nomination...

Section 8147.5. - 8147.5. Not less than 73 days, and not more than...

Section 8148. - 8148. Not less than 68 days before the general election,...

Section 8149. - 8149. The Secretary of State shall certify and transmit the...

Section 8150. - 8150. The certificate of the Secretary of State showing candidates...