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Cal. Elec. Code § 8003

General Provisions

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Van Susteren v. Jones (2003)

Most recently applied in Van Susteren v. Jones (June 2003)

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 355, Sec. 3

(a) (1) A person shall not file nomination papers for more than one office at the same primary election.

(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), “office” does not include the position of member of a political party’s county central committee.

(b) If a person has filed nomination papers for an office at a primary election and those nomination papers have not been withdrawn pursuant to Section 8020.5, the elections official shall reject as invalid any nomination papers that the person attempts to file for another office at the same primary election.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.