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2025 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 0.5 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 3 - Nominations
Section 201.
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CA Elec Code § 201 (2025)
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201. Unless otherwise specifically provided, no person is eligible to be elected or appointed to an elective office unless that person is a registered voter and otherwise qualified to vote for that office at the time that nomination papers are issued to the person or at the time of the person’s appointment.
(Enacted by Stats. 1994, Ch. 920, Sec. 2.)
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