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California Constitution Art. II, § 6

ARTICLE II VOTING, INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM, AND RECALL

Current as of September 28, 2026Cal. Const., art. II, § 6Official source ↗

Sec. 6 amended June 8, 2010, by Prop. 14. Res.Ch. 2, 2009. Operative Jan. 1, 2011.

(a) All judicial, school, county, and city offices, including the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall be nonpartisan.

(b) A political party or party central committee shall not nominate a candidate for nonpartisan office, and the candidate’s party preference shall not be included on the ballot for the nonpartisan office.