{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"8140","citation":"Elec. Code, § 8140","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 8. Nominated Candidates [8140. - 8150.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8/part-1/chapter-1/article-8"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Any candidate for a nonpartisan office who at a primary election receives votes on a majority of all the ballots cast for candidates for that office shall be elected to that office. Where two or more candidates are to be elected to a given office and a greater number of candidates receive a majority than the number to be elected, those candidates shall be elected who secure the highest votes of those receiving a majority, and equal in number to the number to be elected.</p><p>Where a candidate has been elected to a nonpartisan office at the primary election, that office shall not appear on the ballot at the ensuing general election, notwithstanding the death, resignation, or other disqualification of the candidate at a time subsequent to the primary election.</p>","text":"Any candidate for a nonpartisan office who at a primary election receives votes on a majority of all the ballots cast for candidates for that office shall be elected to that office. Where two or more candidates are to be elected to a given office and a greater number of candidates receive a majority than the number to be elected, those candidates shall be elected who secure the highest votes of those receiving a majority, and equal in number to the number to be elected. Where a candidate has been elected to a nonpartisan office at the primary election, that office shall not appear on the ballot at the ensuing general election, notwithstanding the death, resignation, or other disqualification of the candidate at a time subsequent to the primary election.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/nominated-candidates-8140","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}