California Elections Code

§ 5100

ELEC § 5100 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 5 · Ch. 2

Statute text

A party is qualified to participate in a primary election under any of the following conditions:

(a)(1) At the last preceding gubernatorial primary election, the sum of the votes cast for all of the candidates for an office voted on throughout the state who disclosed a preference for that party on the ballot was at least 2 percent of the entire vote of the state for that office.

(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a party may inform the Secretary of State that it declines to have the votes cast for a candidate who has disclosed that party as the candidate’s party preference on the ballot counted toward the 2-percent qualification threshold. If the party wishes to have votes for a candidate not counted in support of its qualification under paragraph (1), the party shall notify the secretary in writing of that candidate’s name by the seventh day before the gubernatorial primary election.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 314, Sec. 17. (AB 796) Effective January 1, 2022.