CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [1. - 21.]
Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.
§§ 1–21 · 21 sections
- § 1 This act shall be known as the Elections Code.
- § 2 The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be…
- § 3 If any provision of this code or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the code and the application of that…
- § 4 Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, these general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions shall govern the construction of this…
- § 5 Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of this code.
- § 6 Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by a deputy of the officer…
- § 7 Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement or record is required…
- § 8 As used in this code, the present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future the present; the masculine gender includes the feminine; and the…
- § 9 (a) Counting of words, for purposes of this code, shall be as follows: (1) Punctuation is not counted. (2) Each word shall be counted as one word except as…
- § 10 (a) The Secretary of State is the chief elections officer of the state, and has the powers and duties specified in this code and Section 12172.5 of the…
- § 10.5 (a) There is established within the Secretary of State the Office of Elections Cybersecurity. (b) The primary missions of the Office of Elections Cybersecurity…
- § 11 On written call of the Secretary of State, the county elections officials, city elections officials, and registrars of voters of this state may meet with the…
- § 12 Whenever any candidate files a declaration of candidacy, nomination paper, or any other paper evidencing an intention to be a candidate for any public office…
- § 13 (a) A person shall not be considered a legally qualified candidate for an office, for party nomination for a partisan office, or for nomination to participate…
- § 13.5 (a) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 13, a person shall not be considered a legally qualified candidate for any of the offices set forth in…
- § 14 In case of a disaster in which a portion or all of the voting records of any county are destroyed, the Governor may appoint an election commission to outline…
- § 15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the last day for the performance of any act provided for or required by this code shall be a holiday, as defined…
- § 16 A copy of Section 84305 of the Government Code shall be provided by the elections official to each candidate or his or her agent at the time of filing the…
- § 17 The Secretary of State shall establish and maintain administrative complaint procedures, pursuant to the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of…
- § 20 (a) A person shall not be considered a candidate for, and is not eligible to be elected to, any state or local elective office if the person has been convicted…
- § 21 (a) Within three court days after a state or local agency or political subdivision files or is served with a court action relating to elections that contains a…