California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS

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...

CHAPTER 2 - Judicial Officers

ARTICLE 1 - Distinguishing Number on Ballot

Section 8200. - 8200. In any election at which two or more judges...

Section 8201. - 8201. (a) A declaration of candidacy for election or a...

Section 8202. - 8202. The numerically designated offices shall be grouped and arranged...

Section 8203. - 8203. (a) In any county in which only the incumbent...

Section 8204. - 8204. (a) If an incumbent of a judicial office dies...

ARTICLE 2 - Adoption of Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution

Section 8220. - 8220. The voters of any county may adopt subdivision (d)...

Section 8221. - 8221. Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI may...

Section 8222. - 8222. The petition shall state the name and address of...

Section 8223. - 8223. The petition shall be signed by 10 percent of...

Section 8224. - 8224. Within 20 days after the filing of the petition,...

Section 8225. - 8225. Upon the completion of his or her examination, the...

Section 8226. - 8226. If it appears by the certificate that the petition...

Section 8227. - 8227. Upon the adoption of the ordinance or resolution or...

Section 8228. - 8228. If the proposal is approved by a majority of...

PART 2 - INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 8300. - 8300. A candidate for a partisan office, including that of...

Section 8301. - 8301. A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been...

Section 8302. - 8302. For the purposes of this chapter, Chapter 1 (commencing...

Section 8303. - 8303. Whenever a group of candidates for presidential electors, equal...

Section 8304. - 8304. When a group of candidates for presidential electors designates...

CHAPTER 3 - Nomination Papers

Section 8400. - 8400. Nomination papers for a statewide office for which the...

Section 8401. - 8401. (a) Upon receiving the nomination paper if, from the...

Section 8402. - 8402. When a nomination paper or sections of a nomination...

Section 8403. - 8403. (a) (1) Nomination papers shall be prepared, circulated, signed,...

Section 8404. - 8404. Each signer of a nomination paper shall sign but...

Section 8405. - 8405. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 8406. - 8406. Any nomination paper may be presented in sections, but...

Section 8407. - 8407. The affidavit of any circulator obtaining signatures under this...

Section 8408. - 8408. A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that...

Section 8409. - 8409. Each candidate or group of candidates shall submit a...

CHAPTER 4 - Circulators

Section 8451. - 8451. Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102. (Amended...

Section 8452. - 8452. A county elections official or a deputy county elections...

Section 8454. - 8454. (a) Circulators obtaining signatures to the nomination paper of...

CHAPTER 5 - Arrangement and Examination of Nomination Papers

Section 8500. - 8500. Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified,...

Section 8501. - 8501. For all nominations of candidates to be voted for...

Section 8502. - 8502. Nomination papers shall be left with the county elections...

Section 8503. - 8503. The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers...

Section 8504. - 8504. Within 24 days after any nomination papers are left...

CHAPTER 6 - Affidavit of Candidate

Section 8550. - 8550. (a) At least 88 days prior to the election,...

PART 3 - WRITE-IN CANDIDATES

CHAPTER 1 - General

Section 8600. - 8600. Every person who desires to be a write-in candidate...

Section 8601. - 8601. The statement and nomination papers shall be available on...

Section 8602. - 8602. The nomination papers for a write-in candidate shall be...

Section 8603. - 8603. Signers of nomination papers for write-in candidates shall be...

Section 8604. - 8604. No fee or charge shall be required of a...

Section 8605. - 8605. No person whose name has been written in upon...

Section 8606. - 8606. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may...

CHAPTER 2 - Presidential Electors

Section 8650. - 8650. Any group of individuals, equal in number to the...

Section 8651. - 8651. (a) The declaration of write-in candidacy for presidential elector...

Section 8652. - 8652. The declaration of write-in candidacy shall be filed with...

Section 8653. - 8653. Only those names written on the ballot at the...

CHAPTER 3 - Term Limits

Section 8700. - 8700. (a) FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES; BALLOT ACCESS. Notwithstanding any other...

PART 4 - WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATES: VACANCIES

Section 8800. - 8800. No candidate whose declaration of candidacy has been filed...

Section 8801. - 8801. No candidate nominated at any primary election may withdraw...

Section 8803. - 8803. (a) No vacancy on the ballot for a nonpartisan...

Section 8804. - 8804. Notwithstanding Sections 8803 and 8810, any candidate who has...

Section 8805. - 8805. (a) Whenever a candidate for nomination for a nonpartisan...

Section 8807. - 8807. If the vacancy occurs among candidates chosen at the...

Section 8808. - 8808. A vacancy authorized to be filled because of the...

Section 8809. - 8809. Whenever a candidate has declared a candidacy for a...

Section 8810. - 8810. Whenever a candidate has been nominated at any primary...

Section 8811. - 8811. Whenever, upon the death of any candidate, the vacancy...

PART 5 - INCOME TAX RETURN DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS

Section 8900. - 8900. The Legislature finds and declares that the State of...

Section 8901. - 8901. For the purposes of this part, “income tax return”...

Section 8902. - 8902. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the name of a...

Section 8903. - 8903. (a) The candidate shall submit the following to the...