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DIVISION 13. BALLOTS, SAMPLE BALLOTS, AND VOTER PAMPHLETS 13000-13502›CHAPTER 3. Ballot Printing Specifications 13200-13282›ARTICLE 1. General Provisions 13200-13220

§ 13213

California Elections Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Each group of names of candidates for a particular office shall be separated from the succeeding group by a three-point rule. Each series of groups shall be headed by the caption “President of the United States,” “President and Vice President,” “State,” “United States Senator,” “United States Representative,” “State Senator,” “Member of the State Assembly,” “County,” or “City” or other proper general classification, as the case may be, printed in boldfaced gothic capital type, not smaller than 12-point. Each caption shall be separated from the names of the candidates beneath by a two-point line.

(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)

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