“Nominate” means the selection, at a state-conducted primary election, of candidates who are entitled by law to participate in the general election for that office, but does not mean any other lawful mechanism that a political party may adopt for the purposes of choosing the candidate who is preferred by the party for a nonpartisan or voter-nominated office.
Cal. Elec. Code § 332.5
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Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 233 Cal. App. 4th 1128 - Rubin v. Padilla (2015)
Most recently applied in 233 Cal. App. 4th 1128 - Rubin v. Padilla (January 2015)
Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 78
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