Title ELEC, California Elec. Code

Any voter or group of voters may, at any time within the time limit, prepare and file with the Secretary of State an argument for or against any measure as to which arguments have not been prepared or filed. This argument shall not exceed 500 words in length. (Enacted by Stats. 1…

A ballot argument shall not be accepted under this article unless accompanied by all of the following: (a) The name, business or home address, and telephone number of each person submitting the argument. (b) If the argument is submitted on behalf of an organization, the name, bus…

(a) If more than one argument for, or more than one argument against, a measure is filed within the time prescribed, the Secretary of State shall select one of the arguments for printing in the state voter information guide. In selecting the argument the Secretary of State shall …

(a) No more than three signatures shall appear with an argument printed in the state voter information guide. In case an argument is signed by more than three persons the signatures of the first three shall be printed. (b) The Secretary of State shall provide, upon request, the n…

When the Secretary of State has received the arguments that will be printed in the state voter information guide, the Secretary of State, within five days of receipt of the arguments, shall send copies of the arguments in favor of the proposition to the authors of the arguments a…

Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper for which they were appointed at any time between the period of 120 days and 81 days, inclusive, prior to the presidential primary election. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 149, Sec. 7. (SB 505) Effective July 30, 2019.)

A county elections official or his or her deputy may not circulate a nomination paper and circulators may not obtain signatures within 100 feet of any election booth or polling place. (Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 790, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.)

At least 68 days before the direct primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each county elections official a certified list of candidates who are eligible to be voted for in his or her county at the direct primary. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

(a) Not less than five days before he or she transmits the certified list of candidates to the county elections officials, as provided in Section 8120, the Secretary of State shall notify each candidate for partisan office and voter-nominated office of the names, addresses, offic…

The Secretary of State shall certify and transmit the list of candidates for nomination to each office according to Assembly districts, in the order of arrangement prescribed in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13. In the case of each county containing more t…

The Secretary of State, at the time he or she transmits the list of candidates to the county elections official, shall inform the county elections official of the address of each candidate. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The certified list of candidates sent to each county elections official by the Secretary of State shall show all of the following: (a) The name of each candidate. (b) The office for which each person is a candidate. (c) With respect to candidates for partisan offices, the party e…

The certified list of candidates sent to each county elections official by the Secretary of State shall be in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 1, Sec. 26. (SB 6) Effective January 1, 2010. Operative January 1, 2011, pursuant to …

The provisions of Sections 9084 to 9093, inclusive, are a restatement of, and shall be construed in conformity with, Sections 88001 to 88007, inclusive, of the Government Code. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

There shall be a state voter information guide, that the Secretary of State shall prepare. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 422, Sec. 23. (AB 2911) Effective January 1, 2017.)

The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed as many state voter information guides as needed to comply with this code. The state voter information guides shall be printed in the Office of State Printing unless the Director of General Services determines that the printing of …

The Secretary of State shall cause to be produced an audio recorded version of the state voter information guide. This audio recorded version shall be made available in quantities to be determined by the Secretary of State and shall contain an impartial summary, arguments for and…

(a) The Secretary of State shall make available the complete state voter information guide over the Internet. The online version of the state voter information guide shall contain all of the following: (1) For each candidate listed in the guide, a means to access campaign contrib…

If the ballot contains a question as to the confirmation of a justice of the Supreme Court or a court of appeal, the Secretary of State shall include in the state voter information guide a written explanation of the electoral procedure for justices of the Supreme Court and the co…

(a) If a candidate for nomination or election to a partisan office will appear on the ballot, the Secretary of State shall include in the state voter information guide a written explanation of the election procedure for such offices. The explanation shall read substantially simil…

The state voter information guide shall contain all of the following: (a) A complete copy of each state measure. (b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), before each state measure, a conspicuous notice that identifies the location on the Secretary of State’s internet website …

(a) The state voter information guide shall also contain a section, located near the front of the guide, that provides a concise summary of the general meaning and effect of “yes” and “no” votes on each state measure. (b) The summary statements required by this section shall be p…

The state voter information guide shall contain as to each state measure to be voted upon, the following, in the order set forth in this section: (a) (1) Upon the top portion of the first page, and not exceeding one-third of the page, shall appear: (A) Identification of the measu…

(a) The Legislative Analyst shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure describing the measure and including a fiscal analysis of the measure showing the amount of any increase or decrease in revenue or cost to state or local government. If it is estimated that a measure w…

(a) At each statewide election at which state bond measures will be submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection, the state voter information guide for that election shall include a discussion, prepared by the Legislative Analyst, of the state’s current bonded indebted…

For any statewide election that is held less than one year before the federal decennial census, the state voter information guide shall contain information that promotes awareness of, and participation in, the federal decennial census. (Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 652, Sec. 3. (AB …

Measures shall be printed in the state voter information guide, so far as possible, in the same order, manner and form in which they are designated upon the ballot. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 422, Sec. 34. (AB 2911) Effective January 1, 2017.)

The state voter information guide shall be printed according to the following specifications: (a) The guide shall be printed in clear readable type, no less than 10-point, except that the text of any measure may be set forth in eight-point type. (b) The guide shall be of a size a…

The Legislative Counsel shall prepare and proofread the texts of all measures and the provisions which are repealed or revised. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Not less than 20 days before he or she submits the copy for the state voter information guide to the State Printer, the Secretary of State shall make the copy available for public examination. Any elector may seek a writ of mandate requiring a copy to be amended or deleted from t…

Notwithstanding Section 81012 of the Government Code, the Legislature may without restriction amend this article to add to the state voter information guide information regarding candidates or any other information. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 422, Sec. 37. (AB 2911) Effective J…

(a) The Secretary of State shall mail state voter information guides to voters before the election at which measures contained in the state voter information guide are to be voted on unless a voter has registered fewer than 29 days before the election. The mailing shall commence …

(a) The Secretary of State shall establish processes to enable a voter to do both of the following: (1) Opt out of receiving by mail the state voter information guide prepared pursuant to Section 9081. (2) When the state voter information guide is available, receive either the st…

Any costs incurred by a county for mailing the state voter information guides pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 9094 shall be reimbursed to the county by the Secretary of State. (Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 422, Sec. 40. (AB 2911) Effective January…

(a) As soon as copies of the state voter information guide and copies of the full text of all measures described in subdivision (f) of Section 9086 are available, the Secretary of State shall immediately mail the following number of copies to the listed persons and places: (1) On…

Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the steering committee, or to its duly authorized representatives. All the sections circulated in any county shall be collected by the steering committee, or its dul…

Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper shall be numbered in order. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

Nomination papers, properly assembled, may be consolidated and fastened together by counties, but nomination papers signed by voters in different counties shall not be fastened together. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of any voter of his or her county which does not appear in the same handwriting on an affidavit of registration in the off…

Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the county elections official shall: (a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that he or she has examined them and stating the number of names which have not been marked “not suffic…

The county elections official’s certificate to nomination papers shall be in substantially the following form: Certificate of County Elections Official to Nomination Papers To the Secretary of State: I, Elections Official of the County of ____________, hereby certify that I have …

No filing fee shall be required from any person in order to file nomination papers. (Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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 office shall be elected to that office. Where two or more candidates are to be elected to a given office and a greater number of candidate…

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 is less than the total number to be elected to that office, then candidates for that office at the ensuing election shall be those cand…

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 votes cast at the primary election shall appear on the ballot as candidates for that office at the ensuing general election.…

(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 qualify pursuant to Section 8141 whether or not there are more candidates at the general election than prescribed by this article. …