{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-316","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 316","heading":"","body":"“Direct primary” is the primary election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in each even-numbered year that is not evenly divisible by four and on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March in each even-numbered year that is evenly divisible by four.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 0.5. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS [1. - 362.]","CHAPTER 4. Definitions [300. - 362.]"],"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":"dc1ae619aaeafb3f7d5383e889a08cd1fbb79d7ec1fe614b59946e18e44a5029","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-314","next":"us-ca/elec-317"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}