2023 California Code
Elections Code - ELEC
DIVISION 8 - NOMINATIONS
PART 4 - WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATES: VACANCIES
Section 8803.

Universal Citation:
CA Elec Code § 8803 (2023)
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8803. (a) No vacancy on the ballot for a nonpartisan office at a general election shall be filled except if the candidate dies and that fact has been ascertained by the officer charged with the duty of printing the ballots at least 68 days before the date of the next ensuing general election.

(b) No vacancy on the ballot for a voter-nominated office at a general election shall be filled. If a candidate who is entitled to appear on the general election ballot dies, the name of that candidate shall appear on the general election ballot and any votes cast for that candidate shall be counted in determining the results of the election for that office. If the deceased candidate receives a majority of the votes cast for the office, he or she shall be considered elected to that office and the office shall be considered vacant at the beginning of the term for which the candidate was elected. The vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as if the candidate had died after taking office for that term.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 3, Sec. 27. (AB 1413) Effective February 10, 2012.)

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