{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"332.5","citation":"Elec. Code, § 332.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 0.5. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS [1. - 362.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-0.5"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. Definitions [300. - 362.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-0.5/chapter-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 78.   (AB 1023)   Effective January 1, 2012.","effective":"2012-01-01","html":"<p>“Nominate” means the selection, at a state-conducted primary election, of candidates who are entitled by law to participate in the general election for that office, but does not mean any other lawful mechanism that a political party may adopt for the purposes of choosing the candidate who is preferred by the party for a nonpartisan or voter-nominated office.</p>","text":"“Nominate” means the selection, at a state-conducted primary election, of candidates who are entitled by law to participate in the general election for that office, but does not mean any other lawful mechanism that a political party may adopt for the purposes of choosing the candidate who is preferred by the party for a nonpartisan or voter-nominated office.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/definitions-332-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}