Any person who willfully suppresses all or any part of a nomination paper or declaration of candidacy either before or after filing is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for 16 months or two or three years or by both that fine and imprisonment.
Cal. Elec. Code § 18204
Nomination of Candidates
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 65
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