Cal. Elec. Code § 8003
General Provisions
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2011
This chapter does not prohibit the independent nomination of candidates under Part 2 (commencing with Section 8300), subject to the following limitations:
(a) A candidate whose name has been on the ballot as a candidate of a party at the direct primary and who has been defeated for that party nomination is ineligible for nomination as an independent candidate. He is also ineligible as a candidate named by a party central committee to fill a vacancy on the ballot for a general election.
(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If a person has filed nomination papers for an office at a primary election and those nomination papers have not been withdrawn pursuant to Section 8020.5, the elections official shall reject as invalid any nomination papers that the person attempts to file for another office at the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.
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