{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"8068","citation":"Elec. Code, § 8068","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS [8000. - 8903.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8"},{"name":"PART 1. PRIMARY ELECTION NOMINATIONS [8000. - 8228.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Direct Primary [8000. - 8150.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8/part-1/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Circulation and Signatures—Nomination Documents [8060. - 8070.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8/part-1/chapter-1/article-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 17.   (AB 1413)   Effective February 10, 2012.","effective":"2012-02-10","html":"<p>Signers shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on. With respect to a candidacy for partisan office, signers shall be voters who disclosed a preference, pursuant to Section <a href=\"/elec/2151\">2151</a>, for the party, if any, for which the nomination is proposed. With respect to a candidacy for voter-nominated office, signers need not have disclosed a preference for any party.</p>","text":"Signers shall be voters in the district or political subdivision in which the candidate is to be voted on. With respect to a candidacy for partisan office, signers shall be voters who disclosed a preference, pursuant to Section 2151, for the party, if any, for which the nomination is proposed. With respect to a candidacy for voter-nominated office, signers need not have disclosed a preference for any party.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/circulation-and-signatures-nomination-documents-8068","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}