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DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS 8000-8903›PART 1. PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS 8000-8228›CHAPTER 1. Direct Primary 8000-8150›ARTICLE 2. Nomination Documents 8020-8028

§ 8024

California Elections Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Notwithstanding Section 8020 or any other provision of the law, if nomination documents for an incumbent officer of a county are not delivered by 5 p.m. on the 88th day before the direct primary election, any person other than the person who was the incumbent on the 88th day shall have until 5 p.m. on the 83rd day before the election to file nomination documents for the elective office.

This section is not applicable where there is no incumbent eligible to be elected.

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

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