California Elections Code ARTICLE 8 - Nominated Candidates

  • Section 8140.
    Any candidate for a nonpartisan office who at a primary election receives votes on a majority of all the ballots cast for candidates for that...
  • Section 8141.
    If no candidate has been elected to a nonpartisan office pursuant to Section 8140 or if the number of candidates elected at the primary election...
  • Section 8141.5.
    Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 8142, only the candidates for a voter-nominated office who receive the highest or second highest number of...
  • Section 8142.
    (a) In the case of a tie vote, nonpartisan candidates receiving the same number of votes shall be candidates at the ensuing general election if they...
  • Section 8143.
    If the number of candidates elected at a primary election to any nonpartisan office is less than the number of persons to be elected to...
  • Section 8144.
    The candidates for election to membership on the county central committee, equal in number to the number to be elected, receiving the highest number of...
  • Section 8145.
    It is the duty of the officers charged with the canvass of the returns of any primary election in any county or city to issue...
  • Section 8146.
    Certificates of nomination or election issued by county or municipal officers shall be issued immediately upon the completion of the canvass of the returns at...
  • Section 8147.
    The Secretary of State shall issue certificates of nomination to candidates nominated for Representatives in Congress, Members of the State Senate and Assembly, members of...
  • Section 8147.5.
    Not less than 73 days, and not more than 90 days, before the general election, the Secretary of State shall notify each candidate for partisan...
  • Section 8148.
    Not less than 68 days before the general election, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the appropriate county elections official a certificate showing:(a) The name...
  • Section 8149.
    The Secretary of State shall certify and transmit the list of candidates for each office according to Assembly districts, in the order of arrangement prescribed...
  • Section 8150.
    The certificate of the Secretary of State showing candidates nominated or selected at a primary election, and justices of the Supreme Court and courts of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018