California

Elections Code

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

• § 6460 — Every candidate whether selected pursuant to Section 6340, or unselected as referred to in Section 6343, who wishes to have a delegation of electors pledged to his or her candidacy in accordance with
• § 6461 — (a) The delegation of each candidate shall be composed as follows: (1) Seventy-eight percent of the delegation, or the nearest whole number thereto which provides for a total number of district delega
• § 6480 — The format of the presidential portion of the Republican primary ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13, with the following exceptions: (a) Instructions t
• § 6500 — This chapter shall be applicable to the presidential primary ballot of the American Independent Party only.
• § 6501 — The presidential primary ballot shall be divided into a presidential preference portion and a delegate selection portion.
• § 6502 — No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at any presidential primary.
• § 6520 — (a) The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the American Independent Party presidential preference ballot when the Secretary of State has determined that the candidate is gener
• § 6521 — When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Section 6520, he or she shall notify the candidate that his or her name will appear on the ballot of this
• § 6522 — If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary, an affidavit stating without qualification that he or
• § 6523 — Any unselected candidate desiring to have his or her name placed on the presidential preference primary ballot without filing a group of candidates for delegates, shall have nomination papers circulat
• § 6524 — The name of any presidential candidate, to whom are pledged a group of candidates who have qualified by petition for the delegate selection portion of the presidential primary ballot, shall, in additi
• § 6540 — The Chairperson of the State Central Committee of the American Independent Party shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the presidential primary as to the number of d
• § 6541 — The notification of the number of delegates shall be in substantially the following form: STATEMENT OF NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION To the Secretary of State S
• § 6542 — If the chairperson of the state central committee fails to file a notice as to the number of delegates, the Secretary of State shall ascertain the number from the call for the national convention issu
• § 6543 — The Secretary of State shall, on or before the 110th day preceding the presidential primary, certify to the county elections official of each county the number of delegates to be elected by the Americ
• § 6560 — Any three or more voters of the state who are registered as intending to affiliate with the American Independent Party may join as a committee in proposing the nomination of a group of candidates for
• § 6561 — The committee, on or before the 104th day before the presidential primary election, shall file with the Secretary of State a statement containing the name of the committee and the names of its officer
• § 6562 — The number of candidates for delegates grouped on a nomination paper shall be equal to the total number of delegates to be elected by the party.
• § 6563 — The candidates of each group shall be selected as follows: (a) No less than two-thirds shall be selected to represent congressional districts, and each of these candidates shall be a resident of the d
• § 6564 — The number of alternates to be selected shall be no greater than one for each delegate, and the alternates shall be selected in the manner prescribed by Section 6563.
• § 6565 — Each group of candidates for delegates that intends to pledge itself to the candidacy of a particular candidate for presidential nominee shall have the endorsement of the candidate for presidential no
• § 6566 — Any candidate whose nomination paper is filed in more than one group is disqualified from running as a member of any group.
• § 6567 — Each candidate for delegate to the American Independent Party convention shall file with the Secretary of State, before the circulation of nomination papers of the group of candidates of which he or s
• § 6568 — Nomination papers for candidates for delegates shall be signed by voters registered as affiliated with the American Independent Party equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the number of person
• § 6580 — This article applies to the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the primary ballot, to the nomination of a slate of delegates pledged to the candidacy of a particular
• § 6581 — Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed, and verified shall be left for examination with the elections official of the county in which they are circulated at least 81 days prior to the
• § 6582 — Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential primary ballot may sign only one paper.
• § 6583 — Any nomination paper may be presented in sections.
• § 6584 — Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the affidavit of the circulator who obtained signatures to it, which shall meet all of the requirements o
• § 6585 — A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters, until it is otherwise proved by comparison of the signatures with the af
• § 6586 — The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF PRESID
• § 6587 — The nomination paper for a group of candidates for delegates, to the national convention shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF GROUP OF
• § 6591 — Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate or group of candidates at any time not more than 120 nor less than 81 days prior to the presidential primary.
• § 6592 — An elections official or deputy elections official may not serve as a circulator and circulators may not obtain signatures within 100 feet of any election booth or polling place.
• § 6593 — Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned to the candidate, committee, or duly authorized representatives.
• § 6594 — Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any candidate or group of candidates shall be numbered in order.
• § 6595 — 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.
• § 6596 — The 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 that does not a
• § 6597 — Within five days after any nomination papers are left with him or her for examination, the elections official shall: (a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that he or she has examined th
• § 6598 — The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate or group of candidates shall be in substantially the following form: Certificate of County Elections Official to Nominatio
• § 6599 — Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall notify the candidate, or his or her dul
• § 6620 — For the presidential primary election, the format of the American Independent Party ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13, with the following exceptions:
• § 6621 — Any person who believes his or her name may be used as a write-in candidate for President of the United States shall, not later than 21 days before the primary election, file his or her endorsement of
• § 6640 — The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, compile and file in his or her office a statement of the canvassed returns filed with him or her by the election officials
• § 6641 — The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certificate of election to each person who is a member of the group that received the largest vote cast for any gr
• § 6642 — Any person who receives, by write-in vote, a plurality of the votes cast in the delegate selection primary shall, within 37 days after the primary election, file a list of delegates to the national co
• § 6643 — If the candidate fails to file a list of delegates, the state central committee of the party shall, within 10 days of the end of the 37-day period required in Section 6642, file a list of delegates wi
• § 6644 — If a group of candidates for delegates preferring a particular presidential candidate are elected at the presidential primary, the delegates to the national convention shall, before leaving the state
• § 6645 — If a group of candidates for delegates expressing no preference for a particular presidential candidate are elected, the chairperson of the group shall serve as chairperson of the delegation.
• § 6646 — If a vacancy exists in the office of the delegate or alternate, the chairperson of the delegation shall designate a person to fill that vacancy.
• § 6647 — The alternate of any delegate who is unable to attend the convention shall attend the convention in his or her place and shall otherwise discharge the duties of that delegate.
• § 6700 — This chapter shall be applicable to the presidential primary ballot of the Peace and Freedom Party only.
• § 6701 — The Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary ballot shall be divided into a presidential preference portion and a national convention delegate selection portion.
• § 6702 — No filing fee is required from any person to be voted for at any Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary.
• § 6720 — The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the Peace and Freedom Party presidential preference ballot when the Secretary of State has determined that the candidate is generally ad
• § 6721 — On or before the 120th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall send a letter by first-class mail to the Chairpersons of record of the Peace and Freedom Party State
• § 6722 — On or before the 88th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall publicly announce and distribute to the news media for publication a list of the candidates the Secret
• § 6723 — When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Sections 6720 and 6722, the Secretary of State shall notify the candidate that her or his name will appea
• § 6724 — If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary, an affidavit stating without qualification that she or
• § 6725 — Any unselected candidate desiring to have her or his name placed on the presidential preference primary ballot without filing a group of candidates for delegates, shall have nomination papers circulat
• § 6726 — Whenever a group of candidates for delegates pledged to a particular presidential candidate qualifies by petition for the national convention delegate selection portion of the presidential primary bal
• § 6740 — The Chairperson of the Peace and Freedom Party State Central Committee shall notify the Secretary of State on or before the 120th day preceding the presidential primary as to both of the following: (a
• § 6741 — The notification of national affiliation and number of national convention delegates shall be in substantially the following form: Statement of National Affiliation and Number of National Convention D
• § 6742 — If the Chairperson of the Peace and Freedom Party State Central Committee fails to file the notice required by Section 6741 by the 120th day preceding the presidential primary, the Secretary of State
• § 6743 — On or before the 110th day before the presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall certify all of the following to the elections official of each county: (a) The name of that national party with
• § 6744 — For the purposes of this chapter, the boundary between the northern and southern territories of the state shall be that latitudinal line coinciding with the northern boundaries of San Luis Obispo, Ker
• § 6745 — The number of delegate candidates to be selected from each territory by each group shall be, to the nearest whole number, proportional to that portion of the state’s registered Peace and Freedom Party
• § 6760 — Any five or more voters of the state who are registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party may join as a committee in proposing the nomination of a group of candidates for delegates.
• § 6761 — The committee, on or before the 104th day before the presidential primary election, shall file with the Secretary of State a statement containing the name of the committee and the names, residence add
• § 6762 — The number of candidates for delegate grouped on a nomination paper shall be equal to the total number of delegates to be elected by the Peace and Freedom Party.
• § 6763 — The names of the grouped candidates shall be so selected that the portion of the candidates for national convention delegates residing in the northern and southern territories shall be proportional, t
• § 6764 — The number of alternates to be selected shall be no greater than one for each delegate, and the alternates shall be selected in the manner prescribed by Section 6763.
• § 6765 — Each group of candidates for delegate that intends to pledge itself to the candidacy of a particular candidate for presidential nominee shall have the endorsement of the candidate for presidential nom
• § 6766 — Any candidate for delegate whose nomination paper is filed in more than one group is disqualified from running as a member of any group.
• § 6767 — Each candidate for Peace and Freedom Party delegate to the national convention shall file with the Secretary of State, before the circulation of nomination papers of the group of candidates of which s
• § 6768 — The declaration of a candidate for delegate shall be in substantially the following form: Declaration of Candidate for Delegate State of California County of ⎱ ⎰ ss.
• § 6769 — Nomination papers for candidates for delegates shall be signed by voters registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party equal in number to not less than 1 percent of the number of persons r
• § 6780 — This article applies to the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the primary ballot, to the nomination of a slate of delegates pledged to the candidacy of a particular
• § 6781 — Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed, and verified shall be left for examination with the elections official of the county in which they are circulated at least 81 days prior to the
• § 6782 — Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential primary ballot may sign only one paper.
• § 6783 — Any nomination paper may be presented in sections.
• § 6784 — Each section shall be prepared with the lines, for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the declaration of the circulator who obtained signatures to it, which shall meet all of the requirement
• § 6785 — A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters registered as affiliated with the Peace and Freedom Party until it is oth
• § 6786 — The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference portion of the ballot shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF PRESID
• § 6787 — The nomination paper for a group of candidates for delegates to the national convention shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF GROUP OF
• § 6791 — Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate or group of candidates at any time not more than 120 nor less than 81 days prior to the presidential primary.
• § 6792 — Each section of a nomination paper, after being verified, shall be returned by the verification deputy who circulated it to the candidate, committee, or duly authorized representatives.
• § 6793 — Prior to filing, the sections of a nomination paper for any candidate or group of candidates shall be numbered in order.
• § 6794 — 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.
• § 6795 — The elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with her or him for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of any voter of that county that does not appear
• § 6796 — Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall: (a) Examine and affix to them a certificate reciting that she or he has
• § 6797 — The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate or group of candidates shall be in substantially the following form: CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICIAL TO NOMINATIO
• § 6798 — (a) Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall notify the candidate or his or her
• § 6820 — Upon the filing of nomination papers, the presidential preference primary candidate or slate of delegate candidates shall be voted upon, but the names of candidates for delegates to the national conve
• § 6821 — For the presidential primary election, the format of the Peace and Freedom Party ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13, with the following exceptions: (a
• § 6822 — Any person who believes his or her name may be used as a write-in candidate for President of the United States shall, not later than 21 days before the primary election, file an endorsement of his or
• § 6840 — The number of delegates to be certified as elected from each group of delegate candidates shall be the whole number nearest the product obtained by multiplying the total number of delegates to be elec
• § 6841 — The Secretary of State shall send, not more than three business days after the presidential primary, to the chairperson of each committee qualifying a group of candidates for national convention deleg
• § 6842 — Each group of candidates for delegate shall meet or confer after the presidential primary and by majority vote shall determine the order in which members of the group shall be certified as elected by
• § 6843 — The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, file in her or his office a statement of the canvassed returns for the Peace and Freedom Party presidential preferential p
• § 6844 — The Secretary of State shall, not later than the 32nd day after the election, issue a certificate of election to as many persons in each group as are entitled to be declared elected from that group pu
• § 6845 — Any person who receives, by write-in vote, a sufficient number of votes in the national convention delegate selection portion of the Peace and Freedom Party presidential primary to be entitled to one
• § 6846 — If a write-in candidate fails to file the list of delegates pursuant to Section 6845, the state central committee of the party shall, within 10 days of the end of the 31-day period specified in Sectio
• § 6847 — The elected delegates may, if they desire, meet or confer prior to attending the convention to select a chairperson of the delegation and to fill any vacancies in the office of delegate or alternate.
• § 6848 — The alternate of any delegate who is unable to attend the convention shall attend the convention in the place of the delegate and shall otherwise discharge the duties of that delegate.
• § 6849 — The Secretary of State shall, as soon as practicable, certify to the chairperson of the state central committee and to the chairperson of each party county central committee of record, the final list
• § 6850 — This chapter applies to the presidential preference primary ballot of the Green Party only.
• § 6850.5 — The Green Party presidential preference primary ballot shall express the presidential preference of California voters who vote in the Green Party presidential preference primary election.
• § 6850.7 — A filing fee shall not be required from a person to be voted for in a Green Party presidential primary.
• § 6851 — The Secretary of State shall place the name of a candidate upon the Green Party presidential preference primary ballot when the Secretary of State has determined that the candidate is generally advoca
• § 6851.5 — On or before the 120th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall send a letter by first-class mail to the Green Party Liaison to the Secretary of State informing the
• § 6852 — On or before the 88th day preceding a presidential primary election, the Secretary of State shall publicly announce and distribute to the news media for publication a list of the candidates the Secret
• § 6852.5 — When the Secretary of State decides to place the name of a candidate on the ballot pursuant to Sections 6851 and 6852, the Secretary of State shall notify the candidate that her or his name will appea
• § 6853 — If a selected candidate or an unselected candidate files with the Secretary of State, no later than the 68th day before the presidential primary election, an affidavit stating without qualification th
• § 6853.5 — An unselected candidate desiring to have her or his name placed on the presidential preference primary ballot shall have nomination papers circulated on her or his behalf.
• § 6854 — This article applies to the nomination of a Green Party candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot.
• § 6854.5 — Nomination papers properly prepared, circulated, signed, and verified shall be left, for examination, with the elections official of the county in which they are circulated at least 81 days before the
• § 6855 — Each signer of a nomination paper for the presidential preference primary ballot may sign only one paper.
• § 6855.5 — A nomination paper may be presented in sections.
• § 6856 — Each section shall be prepared with the lines for signatures numbered, and shall have attached the declaration of the circulator who obtained signatures to it, which shall meet all of the requirements
• § 6856.5 — A verified nomination paper is prima facie evidence that the signatures are genuine and that the persons signing it are voters registered as preferring the Green Party until it is otherwise proven by
• § 6857 — The nomination paper for a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot shall be in substantially the following form: SECTION OF NOMINATION PAPER SIGNED BY VOTER ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENTIAL
• § 6857.2 — Circulators may obtain signatures to the nomination paper of the candidate or group of candidates at any time not more than 120 nor less than 81 days prior to the presidential primary.
• § 6857.5 — Before filing, the sections of a nomination paper for a candidate shall be numbered in order.
• § 6858 — 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.
• § 6858.5 — The elections official shall examine all nomination papers left with her or him for examination and shall disregard and mark “not sufficient” the name of any voter of that county that does not appear
• § 6859 — Within five days after any nomination papers are left with the elections official for examination, the elections official shall do both of the following: (a) Examine and affix to the nomination papers
• § 6859.5 — The certificate of the elections official to nomination papers of a candidate shall be in substantially the following form: CERTIFICATE OF COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICIAL TO NOMINATION PAPERS OF A CANDIDATE
• § 6860 — Upon receipt of a sufficient number of signatures for the nomination of a candidate for the presidential preference primary ballot, the Secretary of State shall notify the candidate or her or his duly
• § 6861 — Following the filing of nomination papers, the presidential preference primary candidates shall be printed upon the ballot.
• § 6861.5 — For the presidential preference primary election, the format of the Green Party ballot shall be governed by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Division 13, with the following exceptions: (a)
• § 6862 — A person who believes her or his name may be used as a write-in candidate for President of the United States shall, no later than 21 days before the presidential preference primary election, file an e
• § 6863 — The number of delegates to be selected following the presidential preference primary election shall be the number established by the national political party with which the Green Party is affiliated.
• § 6863.5 — National convention delegates shall be selected as provided for in the bylaws and the rules and procedures of the Green Party and pursuant to the rules of the national political party with which the G
• § 6864 — In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the Green Party shall also nominate as the candidates of its party as many
• § 6880 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Presidential Tax Transparency and Accountability Act.
• § 6881 — 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.
• § 6882 — For purposes of this chapter, “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 provisions
• § 6883 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Secretary of State shall not print the name of a candidate for President of the United States on a primary election ballot, unless the candidate, at least 98 day
• § 6884 — (a) The candidate shall submit the following to the Secretary of State: (1) (A) Two copies of each tax return required by Section 6883.
• § 6900 — The term “elector” or “presidential elector” as used in this chapter means an elector of President and Vice President of the United States, and not an elector as defined in Section 321.
• § 6901 — Whenever a political party, in accordance with Section 6864, 7100, 7300, 7578, or 7843, submits to the Secretary of State its certified list of nominees for electors and alternate electors of Presiden
• § 6901.5 — On or before the 75th day before an election when electors for the President and Vice President of the United States will be chosen, each political party qualified to participate in the election shall
• § 6902 — At the general election in each leap year, or at any other time as may be prescribed by the laws of the United States, there shall be chosen by the voters of the state as many electors of President an
• § 6903 — On or before the day of meeting of the electors, the Governor shall deliver to the electors a list of the names of electors, and he or she shall perform any other duties relating to presidential elect
• § 6904 — (a) The electors chosen shall assemble at the State Capitol at 2 o’clock in the afternoon on the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election.
• § 6906 — The electors, when convened, shall vote by ballot for a person for President and a person for Vice President of the United States, one of whom, at least, is not an inhabitant of this state.
• § 6909 — Each presidential elector and alternate elector shall receive ten dollars ($10) for the elector’s services, and mileage at the rate of five cents ($0.
• § 6911 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited as, as the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.
• § 6912 — In this chapter: (a) “Cast” means accepted by the Secretary of State in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 6917.
• § 6913 — For each elector position in this state, a political party contesting the position, or an unaffiliated presidential candidate, shall submit to the Secretary of State the names of two qualified individ
• § 6914 — (a) Each elector nominee and alternate elector nominee of a political party shall execute the following pledge: “If selected for the position of elector, I agree to serve and to mark my ballots for Pr
• § 6915 — In submitting this state’s certificate of ascertainment as required by Section 6 of Title 3 of the United States Code, the Governor shall certify this state’s electors and state in the certificate tha
• § 6916 — (a) The Secretary of State shall preside at the meeting of electors described in Section 6917.
• § 6917 — (a) At the time designated for elector voting and after all vacant positions have been filled under Section 6916, the Secretary of State shall provide each elector with a presidential and a vice-presi
• § 6918 — (a) After the vote of this state’s electors is completed, if the final list of electors differs from any list that the Governor previously included on a certificate of ascertainment prepared and trans
• § 6919 — In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
• § 6920 — The Legislature of the State of California hereby ratifies the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote as set forth in Section 6921.
• § 6921 — The provisions of the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote are as follows: Article 1.
• § 6950 — Within three days of receiving the names of delegate candidates from the chairpersons of the steering committees, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each elections official a certified list, for
• § 6951 — At least 68 days before the presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each elections official a certified list containing the names of the candidates to appear on the Peace and Fr
• § 6952 — The certified list required by Section 6951 shall be in substantially the following form: CERTIFIED LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY AND CANDIDATES FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGA
• § 6953 — At least 68 days before a presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each elections official a certified list containing the names and addresses of the candidates for delegates for
• § 6954 — At least 68 days before a presidential primary, the Secretary of State shall transmit to each county elections official a certified list containing the names and addresses of the candidates for whom n
• § 7 — Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means.
• § 7000 — All references to a voter’s or candidate’s party “registration” or “affiliation” in this division shall refer to the party preference or lack of party preference disclosed by the voter or candidate in
• § 7050 — This part shall apply to the organization, operation, and functions of that political party known as the Democratic Party of California.
• § 7100 — In each year of the general election at which electors of President and Vice President of the United States are to be chosen, the candidate in each congressional district who received the largest numb
• § 7150 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the elements and practices of the state central committee shall be the same as set forth in the standing rules and bylaws of the Democratic Party of Califor
• § 7151 — The state central committee shall conduct party campaigns for the party and on behalf of the candidates of the party.
• § 7152 — The Democratic Party of California shall post a current copy of its standing rules and bylaws for public inspection on its Internet Web site.
• § 7200 — (a) In each county containing less than five Assembly districts, a county committee shall be elected by supervisor districts, and the number to be elected from any supervisor district shall be determi
• § 7201 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a county of the fifth class as defined in Section 28026 of the Government Code, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by A
• § 7201.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the County of Sacramento, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by supervisor districts with six members elected from each
• § 7201.2 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the County of Alameda, the elected members of the county central committee shall be elected by Assembly districts and the number to be elected from a
• § 7202 — In each county containing more than four and less than 20 Assembly districts, a county central committee shall be elected from Assembly districts and shall consist of six members elected from each Ass
• § 7203 — In each county containing 20 or more Assembly districts a county central committee shall consist of seven members elected from each Assembly district contained either wholly or partially within the co
• § 7204 — (a) In the City and County of San Francisco, the county central committee shall be elected from the two Assembly districts located in the city and county and shall consist of 24 members.
• § 7205 — Notwithstanding this article, each county central committee by resolution may provide for the election of all or a portion of central committee members to represent individual central committee distri
• § 7206 — In each county the nominee of this party for Senator or the incumbent Senator, the nominees of this party for the Assembly, and any person elected to either the Senate or Assembly at a special electio
• § 7207 — The incumbent or nominee of each of the following offices shall be an ex officio member of the committee in the county in which he or she resides: (a) Governor.
• § 7208 — A committee may authorize any member of that committee, whether elected or ex officio, to appoint an alternate if a member desires to appoint an alternate.
• § 7209 — (a) A person is not eligible for election to a committee if the person’s affidavit of registration does not state a political party preference for this party at the time of the person’s election.
• § 7211 — In the event that the candidates elected to a committee from a district do not equal the number of party committeepersons to which the district is entitled to be represented, a vacancy or vacancies ex
• § 7212 — In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes from the jurisdict
• § 7213 — Any member of a committee, other than an ex officio member, who misses more than three consecutive regularly called meetings may be removed by a vote of the committee concerned, unless his or her abse
• § 7214 — The removal of residence by an elected or appointed member of a committee from the Assembly district or supervisor district from which he or she has been elected or appointed a member of that committe
• § 7215 — A committee may remove any member, other than an ex officio member, who during his or her term of membership affiliates with, or registers as a member of another party, who publicly advocates that the
• § 7216 — Whenever any person is appointed to fill a vacancy on a committee, the chairperson of the committee shall file notices of the appointment with the elections official and the chairperson of the state c
• § 7225 — At every presidential primary election, a county central committee may be elected in each county.
• § 7226 — The elections official, no later than January 31 preceding the presidential primary, shall compute the number of members of the committee allotted to each Assembly district or supervisor district, as
• § 7227 — In each county the name of each candidate for member of a committee shall appear upon the ballot only upon the filing of a nomination paper pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 8020) to Arti
• § 7228 — If the elections official, on the 73rd day prior to the presidential primary election, finds that the number of candidates nominated for election to a committee from an Assembly or supervisorial distr
• § 7229 — Whenever a candidate for election to a committee dies on or before the day of election, and a sufficient number of ballots are marked as being voted for him or her to entitle him or her to election if
• § 7230 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a county central committee, in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted by the committee, may select its members at any time by holding a caucus or
• § 7235 — All meetings of the committee shall be held in quarters that shall be accessible to persons with disabilities.
• § 7236 — The Department of General Services shall permit any committee to hold meetings in a state building within the county.
• § 7240 — A committee shall have charge of the party campaign under general direction of the state central committee or of the executive committee selected by the state central committee.
• § 7241 — A committee may make rules and regulations providing: (a) How officers of the committee may be removed.
• § 7242 — The committees shall perform any other duties and services for this political party as seem to be for the benefit of the party.