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2021 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 5 - POLITICAL PARTY QUALIFICATIONS
CHAPTER 1 - New Party Qualifications
Section 5002.

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CA Elec Code § 5002 (2021)
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5002.  

Upon receipt of the notice specified in Section 5001, the Secretary of State shall notify each county elections official of the name of the political body, its intent to qualify as a political party, and whether it intends to qualify for the next primary election or for the next presidential general election.

In preparing the statement of voters and their political affiliations, the county elections officials shall tabulate by political affiliation the affidavits of registration of members of political parties qualified pursuant to Section 5100 or 5151, and political bodies formally declaring an intent to qualify as political parties pursuant to Section 5001. All other affidavits of registration, except those of persons declining to state a political affiliation, shall be tabulated as miscellaneous registrations.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 511, Sec. 5. (AB 1419) Effective January 1, 2014.)

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