{"data":{"id":"us-ca/elec-5004","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"ELEC § 5004","heading":"","body":"(a) If by the 135th day before any primary election, a political body filing notice of its intent to qualify for a primary election pursuant to Section 5001 has not qualified as a political party pursuant to Section 5100, the political body shall be considered to have abandoned its attempt to qualify as a political party and shall be ineligible to participate in the following primary election.\n(b) If by the 102nd day before a presidential general election, a political body filing notice of its intent to qualify for a presidential general election pursuant to Section 5001 has not qualified as a political party pursuant to Section 5151, the political body shall be considered to have abandoned its attempt to qualify as a political party and shall be ineligible to participate in the following presidential general election.","path":["Elections Code - ELEC","DIVISION 5. POLITICAL PARTY QUALIFICATIONS [5000. - 5200.]","CHAPTER 1. New Party Qualifications [5000. - 5006.]"],"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":"484b331f7d4b3a8f97fdbc5a121ecd49c661b393de6aaa554aaabc253f6704bc","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/elec-5003","next":"us-ca/elec-5005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}