{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"8301","citation":"Elec. Code, § 8301","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS [8000. - 8903.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8"},{"name":"PART 2. INDEPENDENT NOMINATIONS [8300. - 8550.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [8300. - 8304.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8/part-2/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated for his or her party nomination at the primary election, is ineligible for nomination as an independent candidate.</p>","text":"A candidate for whom a nomination paper has been filed as a partisan candidate at a primary election, and who is defeated for his or her party nomination at the primary election, is ineligible for nomination as an independent candidate.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/general-provisions-8301","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}