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Elections Code § 7923

CHAPTER 3. Election of County Councils

Current as of September 28, 2026Elec. Code, § 7923Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 726, Sec. 4. (AB 477) Effective January 1, 2016.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a write-in candidate for member of county council shall not be declared elected unless the write-in candidate has received a number of votes equal to or greater than 2 percent of the number of party members voting in the county council election district at the presidential primary or 20 votes, whichever is less.