{"code":"ELEC","codeName":"Elections Code","section":"8653","citation":"Elec. Code, § 8653","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 8. NOMINATIONS [8000. - 8903.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8"},{"name":"PART 3. WRITE-IN CANDIDATES [8600. - 8700.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Presidential Electors [8650. - 8653.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/division-8/part-3/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Only those names written on the ballot at the general election for the office of President and Vice President of the United States for which a group of presidential electors are pledged on the declaration of write-in candidacy filed pursuant to Section <a href=\"/elec/8650\">8650</a> shall be counted as votes.</p>","text":"Only those names written on the ballot at the general election for the office of President and Vice President of the United States for which a group of presidential electors are pledged on the declaration of write-in candidacy filed pursuant to Section 8650 shall be counted as votes.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/elections-code/presidential-electors-8653","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}