California

Elections Code

2,373 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 8 — As used in this code, the present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future the present; the masculine gender includes the feminine; and the singular includes the plural, and the plura
• § 8000 — This chapter does not apply to: (a) Recall elections.
• § 8001 — (a) A declaration of candidacy for membership on a county central committee shall not be filed by a candidate unless (1) at the time of presentation of the declaration and continuously for not less th
• § 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.
• § 8002.5 — (a) A candidate for a voter-nominated office shall indicate one of the following upon their declaration of candidacy, which shall be consistent with what appears on the candidate’s most recent affidav
• § 8003 — (a) (1) A person shall not file nomination papers for more than one office at the same primary election.
• § 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 a political subdivision within that county, the elections offic
• § 8005 — In addition to satisfying the requirements of Sections 9083.
• § 8020 — (a) A candidate’s name shall not be printed on the ballot to be used at the direct primary unless the following nomination documents are delivered for filing to the county elections official: (1) Decl
• § 8020.5 — (a) A candidate may withdraw nomination documents for any office other than a statewide office that the candidate delivered for filing to the county elections official by delivering a statement of wit
• § 8021 — All nomination documents which are delivered for filing to the elections official in compliance with Section 8020 and that are not required by this chapter to be filed in the office of the Secretary o
• § 8022 — Notwithstanding Section 8020 or any other provision of the law, if nomination documents for an incumbent state Senator, Member of the Assembly, state constitutional officer, Insurance Commissioner, Me
• § 8023 — (a) Except in the case of a judicial office filled in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the Constitution, every candidate for a judicial office, not more than 14 nor less
• § 8024 — Notwithstanding Section 8020 or any other provision of the law, if nomination documents for an incumbent officer of a county are not delivered by 5 p.
• § 8025 — If a candidate who has declared a candidacy for a nomination at the direct primary election for a voter-nominated office dies after the last day prescribed for the delivery of nomination documents to
• § 8026 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except for an election for a judicial office, an election shall not be conducted and no votes cast for the office shall be counted, and if counted the v
• § 8027 — (a) Filing of nomination papers for a nonpartisan office, except for a judicial office, shall be reopened when an incumbent who is a candidate for a nonpartisan statewide, countywide, or citywide offi
• § 8028 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a candidate shall not remove a declaration of candidacy form from the office of the elections official, and the elections official shall require all candidat
• § 8040 — (a) The declaration of candidacy by a candidate shall be substantially as follows: DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY I hereby declare myself a candidate for nomination to the office of ________ District Number
• § 8041 — (a) The nomination paper shall be in substantially the following form: NOMINATION PAPER I, the undersigned signer for ______ for nomination to the office of ____, to be voted for at the primary electi
• § 8042 — The Secretary of State shall establish uniform filing forms for candidates to use when filing a declaration of candidacy pursuant to Section 8040 and nomination papers pursuant to Section 8041.
• § 8060 — A candidate who declares his or her candidacy shall have registered voters sign his or her nomination papers pursuant to this article.
• § 8061 — (a) If a candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant to Section 8106, any or all signatures appearing on the petition, which would be valid under Section 8041, shall be counted towards t
• § 8062 — (a) The number of registered voters required to sign a nomination paper for the respective offices are as follows: (1) State office or United States Senate, not fewer than 65 nor more than 100.
• § 8063 — The nomination paper shall be delivered to the elections official of the county in which the signer resides and is a voter.
• § 8064 — The declaration of candidacy shall be obtained from, and delivered to, the elections official of the county in which the candidate resides and is a voter in accordance with Section 8028.
• § 8065 — The elections official shall not accept for filing any nomination paper unless all blanks in the certificate are filled.
• § 8066 — Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102.
• § 8067 — No more signers shall be secured for any candidate than the maximum number required in this article.
• § 8068 — Signers shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on.
• § 8069 — No signer shall, at the time of signing a certificate, have his or her name signed to any other nomination paper for any other candidate for the same office or, in case there are several places to be
• § 8070 — The elections official shall transmit to the Secretary of State the nomination document for each candidate for state office, United States Senator, Representative in Congress, Member of the Senate or
• § 8080 — No fee or charge shall be made or collected by any officer for verifying any nomination document or circulator’s affidavit.
• § 8081 — Before any nomination document is filed in the office of the county elections official or forwarded for filing in the office of the Secretary of State, the county elections official shall verify the s
• § 8082 — All nomination documents that are required to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, within five days after being left with the county elections official in compliance with Section 8020, sh
• § 8083 — The county elections official’s statement to the Secretary of State of the number of signers shall be in substantially the following form: statement of county elections official of number of signers I
• § 8084 — If the number of signatures affixed to an in-lieu filing fee petition filed pursuant to Section 8106 is 100 or more, the county elections official may use a random sampling technique for verification
• § 8100 — All nomination documents shall be filed as follows: (a) For state offices, United States Senators, Representatives in Congress, Members of the State Senate and Assembly, and members of the Board of Eq
• § 8101 — All forms required for nomination and election to all congressional, state, county, and political party county central committee offices shall be furnished only by the county elections official.
• § 8102 — No defect in any nomination document presented shall prevent the filing of another nomination document within the period allowed for presenting the nomination document.
• § 8103 — (a) The following fees for filing declarations of candidacy shall be paid to the Secretary of State by each candidate: (1) Two percent of the first-year salary for the office of United States Senator
• § 8104 — The filing fee to be paid to the county elections official for filing a declaration of candidacy for an office to be voted for wholly within one county other than a legislative or congressional office
• § 8105 — (a) The filing fees for all candidates shall be paid at the time the candidates obtain their nomination forms from the county elections official.
• § 8106 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a candidate, or a person authorized by the candidate, may submit a petition containing signatures of registered voters in lieu of a filing fee
• § 8106.5 — (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 8106, if the last day to file in-lieu-filing-fee petitions pursuant to that paragraph for a special election to fill a vacancy occurs be
• § 8107 — The county elections official shall pay to the county treasurer all fees received from candidates pursuant to Section 8105.
• § 8120 — 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
• § 8121 — (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 candida
• § 8122 — 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
• § 8123 — 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.
• § 8124 — 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.
• § 8125 — 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.
• § 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 office shall be elected to that office.
• § 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 is less than the total number to be elected to that off
• § 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 votes cast at the primary election shall app
• § 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 qualify pursuant to Section 8141 whether or not the
• § 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 that office, there shall be printed on the ballot, in a group, o
• § 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 votes in their supervisorial district or Assembl
• § 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 certificates of nomination to candidates nominated for nonpartisan offices
• § 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 the primary election.
• § 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 the State Board of Equalizat
• § 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 office and voter-nominated office of the names, addresses
• § 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 of every person entitled to rec
• § 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 by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1
• § 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 appeal to appear on the general elections ball
• § 8160 — This chapter applies only to the June 2, 2026, statewide direct primary election.
• § 8161 — For purposes of this chapter, “statewide direct primary election” means the June 2, 2026, statewide direct primary election.
• § 8162 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 8106, forms for securing signatures on an in-lieu-filing-fee petition shall be made available beginning December 19, 2025.
• § 8163 — Not later than December 19, 2025, the Secretary of State shall determine whether it is feasible to include the number of voters, by party preferences, in each congressional district in the state in th
• § 8164 — Not later than the date that forms for securing signatures on an in-lieu-filing-fee petition are made available in accordance with Section 8162, the Secretary of State shall prepare a calendar of key
• § 8165 — (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 13107, a candidate for the office of Representative in Congress shall not choose the word “incumbent” as a designation to appear on the
• § 8166 — This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.
• § 8200 — In any election at which two or more judges or justices of any court are to be voted for or elected for the same term, it shall be deemed that there are as many separate judicial offices to be filled
• § 8201 — (a) A declaration of candidacy for election or a nomination by the Governor, made pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the California Constitution, shall be filed with the office
• § 8202 — The numerically designated offices shall be grouped and arranged on all ballots in numerical order.
• § 8203 — (a) In any county in which only the incumbent has filed nomination papers for the office of superior court judge, his or her name shall not appear on the ballot unless there is filed with the election
• § 8204 — (a) If an incumbent of a judicial office dies on or before the last day prescribed for the filing of nomination papers, or files a declaration of intention but for any reason fails to file his or her
• § 8220 — The voters of any county may adopt subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI of the Constitution of this state as applicable to the judge of the superior court of the county if a majority of the vot
• § 8221 — Subdivision (d) of Section 16 of Article VI may be adopted: (a) In pursuance of an ordinance or resolution adopted by the board of supervisors of the county, declaring that the public interest require
• § 8222 — The petition shall state the name and address of a person to whom notice of the insufficiency of the petition shall be sent in the event the petition has not the required number of signatures of voter
• § 8223 — The petition shall be signed by 10 percent of the voters of the county, computed upon the total number of votes cast therein for all candidates for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial electio
• § 8224 — Within 20 days after the filing of the petition, the county elections official shall examine it and ascertain from the record of the registration of the voters of the county whether the petition is si
• § 8225 — Upon the completion of his or her examination, the elections official shall forthwith attach to the petition his or her certificate, duly dated, showing the results of his or her examination.
• § 8226 — If it appears by the certificate that the petition has not the required number of signatures, the elections official shall so notify the person designated as the person to whom notification of the ins
• § 8227 — Upon the adoption of the ordinance or resolution or the presentation of a petition, the board of supervisors shall submit the proposal to the voters at the next succeeding general election, presidenti
• § 8228 — If the proposal is approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon, the board of supervisors shall file a certificate, signed by the chairman of the board and duly dated, with the Secretary of State,
• § 8300 — A candidate for a partisan office, including that of presidential elector, may be nominated subsequent to, or by other means than, a primary election pursuant to this chapter.
• § 8301 — A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated for his or her party nomination at the primary election, is ineligible for nom
• § 8302 — For the purposes of this chapter, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 8000) of Part 1, and Part 4 (commencing with Section 8800), so far as consistent with this chapter, shall apply to all offices for
• § 8303 — Whenever a group of candidates for presidential electors, equal in number to the number of presidential electors to which this state is entitled, files a nomination paper with the Secretary of State p
• § 8304 — When a group of candidates for presidential electors designates the presidential and vice presidential candidates for whom all of the group pledge themselves to vote, the names of the presidential can
• § 8400 — Nomination papers for a statewide office for which the candidate is to be nominated shall be signed by voters of the state equal to not less in number than 1 percent of the entire number of registered
• § 8401 — (a) Upon receiving the nomination paper if, from the examination of such pursuant to Section 8400, more than 500 signatures have been signed on the nomination paper petition, the elections official ma
• § 8402 — When a nomination paper or sections of a nomination paper have been received which contain the number of valid signatures required in Section 8400, the officer with whom those papers are required to b
• § 8403 — (a) (1) Nomination papers shall be prepared, circulated, signed, and delivered to the county elections official for examination no earlier than 148 days before the election and no later than 5 p.
• § 8404 — Each signer of a nomination paper shall sign but one paper for the same office, except that in case two or more persons are to be elected to the same office at the same election, an elector may sign t
• § 8405 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if an independent candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant to Section 8106, the county elections official, upon the request
• § 8406 — Any nomination paper may be presented in sections, but each section shall contain the name of the candidate and the name of the office for which the candidate is proposed for nomination.
• § 8407 — The affidavit of any circulator obtaining signatures under this chapter shall be verified free of charge by any officer authorized to administer oaths.
• § 8408 — A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures to it are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters unless it is otherwise proven by comparison of the signatures with
• § 8409 — Each candidate or group of candidates shall submit a nomination paper that shall be substantially in the following form: County of _______.
• § 8451 — Circulators shall meet the requirements of Section 102.
• § 8452 — A county elections official or a deputy county elections official may not circulate nomination papers, and circulators shall not obtain signatures within 100 feet of any election booth or polling plac
• § 8454 — (a) Circulators obtaining signatures to the nomination paper of any candidate may, at any time not more than 148 nor less than 88 days prior to the election, obtain signatures to the nomination paper
• § 8500 — Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the circulator who circulated it to the candidate.
• § 8501 — For all nominations of candidates to be voted for in more than one county or throughout the state, the nomination papers, properly assembled, may be fastened together by counties, but in no case shall
• § 8502 — Nomination papers shall be left with the county elections official for examination and filed by him or her pursuant to the time limitations set forth in Section 8403.
• § 8503 — The county elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with him or her for filing or for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” any name appearing on them which does
• § 8504 — Within 24 days after any nomination papers are left for examination, the county elections official shall examine them and prepare a certificate reciting that he or she has examined them, and stating t
• § 8550 — (a) At least 88 days prior to the election, each candidate shall leave with the officer with whom the candidate’s nomination papers are required to be left, a declaration of candidacy which states all
• § 8600 — (a) Every person who desires to be a write-in candidate and have their name as written on the ballot of an election counted for a particular office shall file both of the following: (1) A statement of
• § 8601 — The statement and nomination papers shall be available on the 57th day prior to the election for which the candidate is filing as a write-in candidate, and shall be delivered to the elections official
• § 8602 — The nomination papers for a write-in candidate shall be substantially in the same form as set forth in Section 8041.
• § 8603 — Signers of nomination papers for write-in candidates shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on.
• § 8604 — No fee or charge shall be required of a write-in candidate except in the case of a candidate for city office, as provided in Section 10228.
• § 8605 — No person whose name has been written in upon a ballot for an office at the direct primary may have his or her name placed upon the ballot as a candidate for that office for the ensuing general electi
• § 8606 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person may not be a write-in candidate at the general election for a voter-nominated office.
• § 8650 — Any group of individuals, equal in number to the number of presidential electors to which this state is entitled, who desire to be write-in candidates for presidential electors pledged to a particular
• § 8651 — (a) The declaration of write-in candidacy for presidential elector shall contain the following information: (1) Candidate’s name.
• § 8652 — The declaration of write-in candidacy shall be filed with the Secretary of State no later than the 14th day prior to the general election.
• § 8653 — Only those names written on the ballot at the general election for the office of President and Vice President of the United States for which a group of presidential electors are pledged on the declara
• § 8700 — (a) FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES; BALLOT ACCESS.
• § 8800 — Except as provided in Section 8020.
• § 8801 — No candidate nominated at any primary election may withdraw as a candidate at the ensuing general election except those candidates permitted to withdraw by this part.
• § 8803 — (a) No vacancy on the ballot for a nonpartisan office at a general election shall be filled except if the candidate dies and that fact has been ascertained by the officer charged with the duty of prin
• § 8804 — Notwithstanding Sections 8803 and 8810, any candidate who has been nominated at any primary election for superior court judge in which election there were at least two other candidates and who, after
• § 8805 — (a) Whenever a candidate for nomination for a nonpartisan office at a primary election dies on or before the day of the election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him o
• § 8807 — If the vacancy occurs among candidates chosen at the direct primary to go on the ballot for the succeeding general election for a nonpartisan office, the name of that candidate receiving at the primar
• § 8808 — A vacancy authorized to be filled because of the death of a candidate shall be filled, and the name of the person named to fill the vacancy shall be certified to the officer charged with the duty of p
• § 8809 — Whenever a candidate has declared a candidacy for a primary election and has not withdrawn pursuant to Section 8020.
• § 8810 — Whenever a candidate has been nominated at any primary election after having filed a declaration of candidacy, the name of the candidate shall be printed upon the ballot for the ensuing general electi
• § 8811 — Whenever, upon the death of any candidate, the vacancy created is filled by a party committee, a certificate to that effect shall be filed with the officer with whom a declaration of candidacy for tha
• § 8900 — The Legislature finds and declares that the State of California has a strong interest in ensuring that its voters make informed, educated choices in the voting booth.
• § 8901 — For the purposes of this part, “income tax return” means any tax or information return, declaration of estimated tax, or claim for refund required by, or provided for or permitted under, the provision
• § 8902 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the name of a candidate for Governor shall not be printed on a ballot, unless the candidate, at least 88 days before the election or, in the case of a recall electio
• § 8903 — (a) The candidate shall submit the following to the Secretary of State: (1) (A) Two copies of each tax return required by Section 8902.
• § 9 — (a) Counting of words, for purposes of this code, shall be as follows: (1) Punctuation is not counted.
• § 9000 — This article applies only to initiative and referendum measures affecting the Constitution or laws of the state.
• § 9001 — (a) Before the circulation of an initiative or referendum petition for signatures, the text of the proposed measure shall be submitted to the Attorney General with a written request that a circulating
• § 9002 — (a) Upon receipt of a request from the proponents of a proposed initiative measure for a circulating title and summary, the Attorney General shall initiate a public review process for a period of 30 d
• § 9003 — In the event that the Attorney General is a proponent of a proposed measure, the circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed measure, including an estimate or opinion
• § 9004 — (a) Upon receipt of the text of a proposed initiative measure, and after the public review period provided for in Section 9002, the Attorney General shall prepare a circulating title and summary of th
• § 9005 — (a) The Attorney General, in preparing a circulating title and summary for a proposed initiative measure, shall, in boldface print, include in the circulating title and summary either the estimate of
• § 9006 — (a) Upon receipt of the text of a proposed referendum, the Attorney General shall prepare a circulating title and summary of the chief purpose and points of the proposed statute at issue.
• § 9007 — Immediately upon the preparation of the circulating title and summary of a proposed initiative or referendum measure, the Attorney General shall forthwith transmit copies of the text of the measure an
• § 9008 — Every proposed initiative measure, prior to circulation, shall have placed across the top of the petition in 11-point or larger roman type, all of the following: (a) The Attorney General’s unique nume
• § 9009 — The heading of an initiative petition shall be in substantially the following form: Initiative Measure to Be Submitted Directly to the Voters The Attorney General of California has prepared the follow
• § 9010 — Across the top of each page of a referendum petition, there shall be printed in 12-point boldface type the following: “Referendum Against an Act Passed by the Legislature.
• § 9011 — Across the top of each page after the first page of every referendum petition or section of a referendum petition, which is prepared and circulated, there shall be printed in 18-point gothic type a sh
• § 9012 — Any petition for a proposed initiative measure or referendum may be presented in sections, but each section shall contain a full and correct copy of the circulating title and summary and text of the p
• § 9013 — A space at least one inch wide shall be left blank across the top of each page of every initiative and referendum petition and after the name of each voter who has signed the petition for the use of t
• § 9014 — (a) A petition for a proposed initiative or referendum measure shall not be circulated for signatures prior to the official summary date.
• § 9015 — Officers required by law to receive or file in their offices any initiative or referendum petition shall not receive or file any initiative or referendum petition not in conformity with this article.
• § 9016 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 324, for purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 8 of, and subdivision (c) of Section 9 of, Article II of the California Constitution, “general election” means only the elec
• § 9017 — If, for any reason, any initiative or referendum measure proposed by petition as provided by this article is not submitted to the voters at the next succeeding statewide election, that failure shall n
• § 9018 — The Secretary of State shall prepare and provide to any person, upon request, a pamphlet describing the procedures and requirements for preparing and circulating a statewide initiative measure and for
• § 9020 — (a) The petition sections shall be designed so that each signer shall personally affix all of the following: (1) The signer’s signature.
• § 9021 — (a) A person who meets the requirements of Section 102 may circulate a statewide initiative or referendum petition anywhere within the state.
• § 9022 — (a) Each section shall have attached thereto the declaration of the person soliciting the signatures setting forth the information required by Section 104.
• § 9030 — (a) Each section of the petition shall be filed with the elections official of the county or city and county for which it was circulated, but all sections circulated in any county or city and county s
• § 9031 — (a) If the statistical sampling shows that the number of valid signatures is within 95 to 110 percent of the number of signatures of qualified voters needed to declare the petition sufficient, the Sec
• § 9032 — The right to file the petition shall be reserved to its proponents, and any section thereof presented for filing by any person or persons other than the proponents of a measure or by persons duly auth
• § 9033 — (a) When the Secretary of State has received from one or more elections officials or registrars a petition, certified to have been signed by the requisite number of qualified voters, the Secretary of
• § 9034 — (a) The proponents of a proposed initiative measure shall submit a certification, signed under penalty of perjury, to the Secretary of State immediately upon the collection of 25 percent of the number
• § 9035 — An initiative measure may be proposed by presenting to the Secretary of State a petition that sets forth the text of the proposed statute or amendment to the Constitution and is certified to have been
• § 9040 — (a) Every constitutional amendment, bond measure, or other legislative measure submitted to the people by the Legislature shall appear on the ballot of the first statewide election occurring at least
• § 9041 — Whenever the Legislature submits any measure to the voters of the state, the author of the measure and no more than two persons appointed by the author may draft an argument for the adoption of the me
• § 9042 — If a measure submitted to the voters by the Legislature was not adopted unanimously, one Member of the Senate who voted against it shall be appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate and one
• § 9043 — Arguments prepared by legislators and their appointees shall be submitted to the Secretary of State no later than a date to be designated by the Secretary of State.
• § 9044 — If an argument for or an argument against a measure submitted to the voters by the Legislature has not been filed by a Member of the Legislature, any voter may request the Secretary of State’s permiss
• § 9050 — (a) After the Secretary of State determines that a measure will appear on the ballot at the next statewide election, the Secretary of State shall promptly transmit a copy of the measure to the Attorne
• § 9051 — (a) (1) The ballot title and summary may differ from the legislative, circulating, or other title and summary of the measure and shall not exceed 100 words, not including the fiscal impact statement.
• § 9053 — Each measure shall be designated on the ballot by the ballot label certified by the Secretary of State.
• § 9054 — (a) Whenever a city, county, or city and county is required by Section 203 (52 U.
• § 9060 — In case either the argument for or the argument against any measure placed on the ballot is not prepared and filed, the Secretary of State shall, by a general press release, request voters to submit a
• § 9061 — The press release shall be mailed at least 120 days prior to the date of the election at which a measure is to be voted upon.
• § 9062 — The press release shall consist of an announcement containing: (a) A summary of the essential nature or purpose of the measure for or against which no argument has been prepared or filed.
• § 9063 — The summary of a measure given in the press release shall be the official circulating title and summary that has been prepared by the Attorney General.
• § 9064 — 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
• § 9065 — 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 argume
• § 9067 — (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
• § 9068 — (a) No more than three signatures shall appear with an argument printed in the state voter information guide.
• § 9069 — 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 copie
• § 9080 — 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.
• § 9081 — There shall be a state voter information guide, that the Secretary of State shall prepare.
• § 9082 — The Secretary of State shall cause to be printed as many state voter information guides as needed to comply with this code.
• § 9082.5 — The Secretary of State shall cause to be produced an audio recorded version of the state voter information guide.
• § 9082.7 — (a) The Secretary of State shall make available the complete state voter information guide over the Internet.
• § 9083 — 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 exp
• § 9083.5 — (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 ele
• § 9084 — The state voter information guide shall contain all of the following: (a) A complete copy of each state measure.
• § 9085 — (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 ea
• § 9086 — 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 no
• § 9087 — (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 r
• § 9088 — (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 discuss
• § 9088.5 — 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 participatio
• § 9089 — 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.
• § 9090 — 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
• § 9091 — The Legislative Counsel shall prepare and proofread the texts of all measures and the provisions which are repealed or revised.
• § 9092 — 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.