{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"8405","citation":"Elec. Code, § 8405","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 3. Nomination Papers [8400. - 8409.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8/part-2/chapter-3"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if an independent candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant to Section <a href=\"/elec/8106\">8106</a>, the county elections official, upon the request of the candidate, shall accept all valid signatures appearing on the candidate’s in-lieu-filing-fee petition toward the number of signatures required to be submitted on an in-lieu-filing-fee petition and on a nomination paper.</p><p>If the in-lieu-filing-fee petition does not contain the requisite number of signatures required under Section <a href=\"/elec/8400\">8400</a>, the candidate shall be entitled to file, within the time period allowed for filing nomination papers, a nomination paper in order to obtain the requisite number of valid signatures required to be submitted to the elections official pursuant to this chapter.</p>","text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if an independent candidate submits an in-lieu-filing-fee petition pursuant to Section 8106, the county elections official, upon the request of the candidate, shall accept all valid signatures appearing on the candidate’s in-lieu-filing-fee petition toward the number of signatures required to be submitted on an in-lieu-filing-fee petition and on a nomination paper. If the in-lieu-filing-fee petition does not contain the requisite number of signatures required under Section 8400, the candidate shall be entitled to file, within the time period allowed for filing nomination papers, a nomination paper in order to obtain the requisite number of valid signatures required to be submitted to the elections official pursuant to this chapter.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/nomination-papers-8405","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}