California · Elections Code

ELEC §1001: The following are statewide elections and their dates are statewide election dates: (a) An election held in November of an even-numbered year.

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This statute defines statewide elections as those held in November of even-numbered years and designates those dates as statewide election dates.

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The following are statewide elections and their dates are statewide election dates: (a) An election held in November of an even-numbered year. (b) An election held in June of an even-numbered year that is not evenly divisible by four and in March of each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four.

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