California · Elections Code

ELEC §5154: No party shall be recognized or qualified to participate in a presidential general election that either directly or indirectly carries on, advocates, teaches, justifies, aids, or abets the overthrow b

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What this law says, in plain English

Political parties advocating overthrow of government by unlawful means, sabotage, force, violence, sedition, or treason are barred from participating in presidential general elections.

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No party shall be recognized or qualified to participate in a presidential general election that either directly or indirectly carries on, advocates, teaches, justifies, aids, or abets the overthrow by any unlawful means of, or that directly or indirectly carries on, advocates, teaches, justifies, aids, or abets a program of sabotage, force and violence, sedition or treason against, the government of the United States or of this state.

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