Unless otherwise specifically provided, no person is eligible to be elected or appointed to an elective office unless that person is a registered voter and otherwise qualified to vote for that office at the time that nomination papers are issued to the person or at the time of the person’s appointment.
Cal. Elec. Code § 201
Nominations
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Victoria Buckley, Secretary of State of Colorado, v. American Constitutional Law Foundation, Inc. (1999)
Most recently applied in Michael Schaefer v. Mischelle Townsend Bill Jones (June 2000)
Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.