DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS 8000-8903›PART 1. PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS 8000-8228›CHAPTER 1. Direct Primary 8000-8150›ARTICLE 1. General Provisions 8000-8005
§ 8003
California Elections Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
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.
(b) No person may file nomination papers for a party nomination and an independent nomination for the same office, or for more than one office at the same election.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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