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DIVISION 10. LOCAL, SPECIAL, VACANCY, AND CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS 10000-10735›PART 6. ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES 10700-10735›CHAPTER 1. Nomination of Candidates for Legislative and Congressional Offices at Special Elections 10700-10707

§ 10701

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

(a) When a vacancy occurs in a congressional office after the close of the nomination period in the final year of the term of office, the Governor may decline to issue an election proclamation at his discretion.

(b) When a vacancy occurs in a legislative office after the close of the nomination period in the final year of the term of office, no special election shall be held.

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

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