California Elections Code ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

• Section 8000.
  This chapter does not apply to:(a) Recall elections.(b) Presidential primary.(c) Nomination of officers of cities or counties whose charters provide a system for nominating candidates for those offices.(d) Nomination...
• Section 8001.
  (a) No declaration of candidacy for a partisan office or for membership on a county central committee shall be filed by a candidate unless (1) at...
• Section 8002.
  If a candidate is a candidate for a nonpartisan office, all reference to party affiliation shall be omitted on all forms required to be filed.(Enacted...
• Section 8002.5.
  (a) A candidate for a voter-nominated office shall indicate one of the following upon his or her declaration of candidacy, which shall be consistent with what...
• Section 8003.
  This chapter does not prohibit the independent nomination of candidates under Part 2 (commencing with Section 8300), subject to the following limitations:(a) A candidate whose name...
• Section 8004.
  (a) In the event that no candidate files for a party’s nomination for any partisan office that would appear on the ballot in a county or...
• Section 8005.
  In addition to satisfying the requirements of Sections 9083.5, 9084.5, and 14105.1, the Secretary of State shall conduct public voter education campaigns, using existing resources,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018