{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"8","citation":"Elec. Code, § 8","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 1. General Provisions [1. - 21.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-0.5/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>As used in this code, the present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future the present; the masculine gender includes the feminine; and the singular includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.</p>","text":"As used in this code, the present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future the present; the masculine gender includes the feminine; and the singular includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/general-provisions-8","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}