{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-201","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 201","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 0.5. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS [1. - 362.]","CHAPTER 3. Nominations [200. - 202.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"464071a427cdc7cae2927d54242230177b353938dfed49d13932abc193904fe5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-200","next":"us-ca/elec-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}